by Shannon | Jul 18, 2023
Background Restriction of access to suicide methods has been shown to effectively reduce suicide mortality rates. Aims To examine how the global economic crisis of 2008 and the firearm legislation reform of 1997 affected suicide and homicide mortality rate...
by Shannon | Jul 18, 2023
This study reviews firearm-related deaths (homicidal, suicidal and accidental) from 1994 to 2003 in the Western Sidney area, Australia, serviced by the Westmead Department of Forensic Medicine, in order to document the features of the cases and to assess the effect of...
by Shannon | Jul 18, 2023
Homicide followed by the suicide of the offender is a well-known phenomenon. In most cases, it takes place in the context of the so-called “family tragedies.” A recent series of such family tragedies in Switzerland prompted an intensive debate in the media...
by Shannon | Jul 18, 2023
This research examines the impact of focused deterrence on homicide and gun violence in Kansas City, MO. In 2014, a coalition of police, prosecutors, city officials, researchers, and others implemented Kansas City No Violence Alliance, a focused deterrence violence...
