IS THERE A REGIONAL SUBCULTURE OF FIREARM VIOLENCE IN CANADA

Authors
LESTER D LEENAARS AA
Citation
D. Lester et Aa. Leenaars, IS THERE A REGIONAL SUBCULTURE OF FIREARM VIOLENCE IN CANADA, Medicine, Science and the Law, 38(4), 1998, pp. 317-320
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal",Law,Pathology
Journal title
Medicine, Science and the Law → ACNP
ISSN journal
00258024
Volume
38
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
317 - 320
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-8024(1998)38:4<317:ITARSO>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A study in Canada of the accidental death rate from firearms, and of s uicide and homicide rates by firearms and by all other methods, for th e period 1975-85, indicated that the rates were positively associated with one another. The results were interpreted using a subcultural the ory of violence, and the social, policy implications of the results we re discussed.