Titre alternatif
Armes à feu, décès accidentels, suicides et crimes violents : recherche bibliographique concernant surtout le Canada.
Note
Issued also in French under title: Armes à feu, décès accidentels, suicides et crimes violents : recherche bibliographique concernant surtout le Canada.
Author affiliated with:
International Centre for Criminal Law Reform
and Criminal Justice Policy.
"September 1998".
"Edited".
Résumé
"The Department of Justice Canada contracted with the author to conduct a critical
review of literature on major issues related to civilian-owned firearms. The review
examined the role firearms play in injuries, unintentional deaths, suicides and violent
crimes; it looked at the extent to which firearm regulation may help reduce such
incidents; and it addressed other means intended to promote the responsible use of
firearms. This report presents the main findings of that review, particularly those that
pertain to the Canadian situation, in a concise, non-technical and non-partisan manner."--Page 1.
Contenu
1. Introduction -- 2. Firearm ownership in Canada -- 3. Overview of Firearm deaths and injuries -- 4. Firearm suicides -- 5. Firearms and violent crime -- 6. Accidents -- 7. Firearms, self-protection and crime prevention -- 8. The impact of firearms legislation -- 9. Illegal access to firearms -- 10. Conclusion.