Authors
Citation
D. Weatherburn, GUN-CONTROL AND HOMICIDE, Australian and New Zealand journal of criminology, 28(1), 1995, pp. 116-120
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Criminology & Penology
Journal title
ISSN journal
00048658
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
116 - 120
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-8658(1995)28:1<116:GAH>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A Japanese tourist in the US was recently shot dead by a gun owner who
mistakenly thought he was being attacked by a tourist. The circumstan
ces surrounding the episode suggest the possibility that the risk of a
fatal gun attack by a gun owner may not be independent of the general
level of gun ownership. The possible consequences of this are explore
d using New South Wales data on homicide and gun ownership rates.