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Citation |
Giacopassi DJ, Sparger JR, Stein PM. J. Crim. Justice 1992; 20(3): 249-259. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 1992, Elsevier Publishing) |
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Abstract |
Police homicide files in Memphis, Tennessee were examined for three years separated by twenty- five-year intervals (1935, 1960, 1985) to study the effect of medical care on the homicide rate. The data reveal that there was a decreasing percentage of lethality for serious violent attacks, an increasing proportion of homicide victims Dead on Arrival (D.O.A.), and a decreasing survival time for non- D.O.A.s. The data are interpreted as providing empirical support for the growing body of literature that indicates that advances in emergency medical care have served to suppress the homicide rate. |