Research and Public Policy Series
No. 4: Violent deaths and firearms in Australia : data and trends
Satyanshu Mukherjee and Carlos Carcach
ISBN 0 642 24017 5 ; ISSN 1326-6004
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 1996
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Abstract
This publication presents data about firearms deaths and violent deaths, and examines some trends over the past eighty years. It aims to assist in the better understanding of the relationship between violent death and use of firearms in Australia. Statistical information is collated from a number of sources including the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Police Service annual reports, and the Australian Institute of Criminology's National Homicide Monitoring program.
Contents
- Title, contents and introduction (PDF 35kB)
- Trends in violent death and firearms 1915-94
- Australian Institute of Criminology National Homicide Monitoring Program, 1989-90 to 1992-93
- Homicide reported to the police, 1975-76 to 1994-95
- Deaths caused by firearms, Australia, 1983-94
- Deaths caused by firearms, Australian states and territories, 1983-94
- Deaths caused by firearms, Australian major regions, 1989 and 1994
- Violent deaths and firearms : the international context, 1974-94