Citation

Lester D, Leenaars AA. Med. Sci. Law 1998; 38(4): 317-320.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9808943

Abstract

A study in Canada of the accidental death rate from firearms, and of suicide and homicide rates by firearms and by all other methods, for the period 1975-85, indicated that the rates were positively associated with one another. The results were interpreted using a subcultural theory of violence, and the social policy implications of the results were discussed.