Citation

Carrington PJ. Arch. Suicide Res. 1999; 5(1): 71-75.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811119908258316

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

An article recently published in the Archives of Suicide Research (Leenaars & Lester, 1996, 2, 223-234) concerning the impact of the 1977 Canadian gun control legislation on the national gender-specific rates of suicide and homicide concluded that "… the bill had a preventative effect only on female suicide and homicide without displacement. There may have been compensatory use in other methods for males in both types of lethal violence" (Abstract). The article states that "the passage of C-51 seems to have a more beneficial impact on female victims than on male victims… Males appear to be less influenced by gun restrictions… Displacement, especially in males in suicide - and homicide - may impede efforts to prevent violence" (1996: 229-232).1 Based on a re-analysis of the data which they present, we must disagree with these statements. © 1999 Kluwer Academic Publishers. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Canada; control; female; firearm; homicide; human; law; male; priority journal; review; statistical analysis; suicide