Males who completed suicide using active methods were compared to those who completed suicide using passive methods for their scores on MMPI. No differences were found in scores on the MMPI between those shooting themselves and those hanging themselves. Those who shot...
The relationship of the extent of gun ownership and the strictness of gun control laws to suicide and homicide rates in the nine major geographic regions of the United States was explored. Gun ownership, rather than the strictness of gun control laws, was found to be...
One tactic which has been suggested to prevent suicide and homicide is to restrict the availability of lethal means for these acts. The effectiveness of this tactic over the life span was explored by examining the impact of the passage of gun control legislation in...
The results from this study indicate that police officers are murdered at a higher rate in cities where a greater proportion of suicides, homicides, robberies, and aggravated assaults involve guns, suggesting that the increased availability and use of guns by...
An increasing popular proposal for reducing the incidence of suicide has been restricting the availability of methods for committing suicide. Countries differ in the most popular method for suicide, but firearms are the preferred method in some, including Canada and...
