• E4J University Module Series: Firearms

• Module 4: The Illicit Market in Firearms

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

  • Authorized and unauthorized arms transfers
  • Illegal firearms in social, cultural and political context
  • Supply, demand and criminal motivations
  • Larger scale firearms trafficking activities
  • Smaller scale trafficking activities
  • Sources of illicit firearms
  • Consequences of illicit markets: producing, prolonging and exacerbating conflict and aggravating levels of crime and violence
  • Summary
  • References

• Exercises and case studies

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• First published in June 2019
  

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  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Student assessment

 

This section provides suggestions for post-class assignments for the purpose of assessing student understanding of the Module. Suggestions for pre-class or in-class assignments are provided in the Exercises section.

Question

Undertake a 2,500-word reflective discussion upon the role and significance of supply and demand factors in the working of illicit firearms markets. Compare and contrast illicit markets in any two regional, social and cultural contexts. Identify potential regulatory and/or enforcement interventions to address these issues.

 

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