Firearms and weapons publications
For a summary of current statistics and an overview of other information resources about firearms in Australia, see the background note from the federal Parliamentary Library: Firearms in Australia : a guide to electronic resources.
Australian research
2008
- Criminal use of handguns in Australia
Samantha Bricknell, Australian Institute of Criminology, 2008 - Storage arrangements for firearms at time of theft, 2005-06
Australian Institute of Criminology, 2008
2007
- Australian firearm thefts, 2004-05
Australian Institute of Criminology - Firearms in Australia : a guide to electronic resources
Janet Phillips, Malcolm Park and Catherine Lorimer, Parliamentary Library - Firearms theft in Australia 2004-05
Maria Borzycki and Jenny Mouzos, Australian Institute of Criminology - Firearms theft in Australia 2005-06
Samantha Bricknell and Jenny Mouzos, Australian Institute of Criminology - Homicides in Australia 2004-05 : weapon type
Australian Institute of Criminology - Monitoring the criminal use of firearms in the community : an overview of AIC research
Jenny Mouzos, Australian Institute of Criminology. Presented at: Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (Vic) 4th Annual Awards Night - Weapon types and serious crime
Australian Institute of Criminology
2006
- Armed robbery in Australia : weapon use by location
Australian Institute of Criminology - Firearms and violent crime in New South Wales, 1995-2005 (PDF 496kB)
Sarah Williams and Suzanne Poynton, New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research - Firearms theft in Australia : a six-month exploratory analysis
Jenny Mouzos and Yuka Sakurai, Australian Institute of Criminology - Guns and the Pacific : a wasteful hiccup at the United Nations
Philip Alpers, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology - Weapons, drugs and crime : the Australian experience
Jenny Mouzos and Maria Borzycki, Samantha Bricknell and Jenny Mouzos, Australian Institute of Criminology
2005
- Gun control in Tasmania (PDF 564kB)
Auditor General Special Report - Weapon use in armed robbery
Australian Institute of Criminology
2004
- Armed robbery in Australia : 2003 National Armed Robbery Monitoring Program annual report
Maria Borzycki, Yuka Sakurai and Jenny Mouzos, Australian Institute of Criminology - Firearm-related deaths
Australian Institute of Criminology - Firearm-related deaths: the impact of regulatory reform
J Ozanne-Smith, K Ashby, S Newstead, V Z Stathakis and A Clapperton, Injury prevention journal, 2004 - Firearms restrictions: recent developments
Rowena Johns. New South Wales Parliamentary Library
2003
- Bank robbery in Australia
Australian Institute of Criminology - An exploratory analysis of armed robbery in Australia
Jenny Mouzos and Maria Borzycki, Australian Institute of Criminology - Decrease in firearm homicides
Australian Institute of Criminology - Firearm related deaths in Australia 1991-2001
Jenny Mouzos and Catherine Rushforth, Australian Institute of Criminology - Weapon use in commission of an offence
Australian Institute of Criminology
2002
- Firearms theft
Australian Institute of Criminology - Firearms theft in Australia
Jenny Mouzos, Australian Institute of Criminology - Sharp objects most frequently used in armed robbery
Australian Institute of Criminology
2001
- Firearms and violent crime in New South Wales
Jacqueline Fitzgerald, Suzanne Briscoe and Don Weatherburn. New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics - Firearm-related morbidity in Australia, 1994-95 to 1998-99
Jenny Mouzos, Australian Institute of Criminology - Violence in the workplace - preventing armed robbery : a practical handbook
Claire Mayhew, Australian Institute of Criminology - Weapon involvement in armed robbery
Jenny Mouzos and Carlos Carcach, Australian Institute of Criminology
2000
- Australia's new gun control philosophy : public health is paramount
Rebecca Peters and Roland Browne, 2000 - Crime, safety and firearms
Adam Graycar, Australian Institute of Criminology. Presented at: Injury 2000: prevention and management conference - Firearm-related deaths in Australia 1998
Jenny Mouzos, Australian Institute of Criminology - International traffic in firearms : emerging issues
Jenny Mouzos, Australian Institute of Criminology. Presented at: Transnational crime conference - Knife offences and policing (PDF 593kB)
Jacqueline Fitzgerald. New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research - Knives and armed robbery
Emma Ogilvie, Australian Institute of Criminology - The licensing and registration status of firearms used in homicide
Jenny Mouzos, Australian Institute of Criminology
1999
- Firearm-related violence : the impact of the Nationwide Agreement on Firearms
Jenny Mouzos, Australian Institute of Criminology - Firearm deaths and firearm crime after gun licensing in Tasmania
Kate Warner. Presented at: 3rd national outlook symposium on crime in Australia - Firearms regulation: an update
Abigail Rath and Gareth Griffith. New South Wales Parliamentary Library - Firearm use in homicide
Peter Grabosky and Jenny Mouzos, Australian Institute of Criminology. Presented at: 3rd national outlook symposium on crime in Australia - International traffic in small arms : an Australian perspective
Jenny Mouzos, Australian Institute of Criminology - Spatial analysis of crime data: firearms related homicide in Australia
Carlos Carcach, Australian Institute of Criminology. Presented at: 3rd national outlook symposium on crime in Australia
1998 and earlier
- Armed robbery : strategies for procedural prevention
Ray Smith. Presented at: Partnerships in crime prevention conference, 1998 - Police custody and self-inflicted firearms deaths
Vicki Dalton, Australian Institute of Criminology, 1998 - Police shootings 1990-97
Vicki Dalton, Australian Institute of Criminology, 1998 - Firearms and public policy
Daryl Smeaton. Presented at: 2nd national outlook symposium : violent crime, property crime and public policy, 1997 - Firearms homicide in Australia
Carlos Carcach and Peter Grabosky, Australian Institute of Criminology, 1997 - Firearm-related violence in Australia
Satyanshu Mukherjee, Australian Institute of Criminology, 1997 - The gun buy-back scheme
Australian National Audit Office, 1997 - Firearms carriage by police in Australia : policies and issues
Rick Sarre, Criminology Research Council, 1996 - Violent deaths and firearms in Australia: data and trends
Satyanshu Mukherjee and Carlos Carcach, Australian Institute of Criminology, 1996 - Police use of weapons : issues in safety
Rick Sarre. Presented at: Second national conference on violence, 1993 - Survivors of self-inflicted firearm injury : a liaison psychiatry perspective
Greg M de Moore. Presented at: Jeff D Plew, Karina M Bray, and Jeff N Snars, Second national conference on violence, 1993 - Firearms law reform : the limitations of the national approach
Sandra Egger and Rebecca Peters. Presented at: Homicide : patterns, prevention and control conference, 1992 - Gun control and homicide : the shooters' perspective
Philip G Brown. Presented at: Homicide : patterns, prevention and control conference, 1992 - Critical factors in firearms control
Errol Mason. Presented at: Homicide : patterns, prevention and control conference, 1992 - Firearms control
in: Violence: directions for Australia, National Committee on Violence, 1990 - Armed robbery from an offender's perspective : implications for prevention
Stephen Nugent, Douglas Burns, Paul Wilson and Duncan Chappell, Australian Institute of Criminology, 1989 - Armed robbery seminar proceedings (abstract only)
Dennis Challinger (ed), Australian Institute of Criminology, 1989 - Firearms and violence in Australia
Duncan Chappell, Peter Grabosky, Paul Wilson, and Satyanshu Mukherjee, Australian Institute of Criminology, 1988
Other countries
New Zealand
- Review of firearms control in New Zealand (PDF 865kB)
Report of an Independent Inquiry Commissioned by the Minister of Police, 1997
United Kingdom
- Firearms research and statistics
Home Office, Research Development & Statistics - Gun crime
Home Office - Guns, community and policing
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Thematic Inspection into the Criminal Use of Firearms, 2004 - Connected : together we can tackle gun crime, conference report (PDF 569kB)
Home Office, 2004 - Tackling knife crime : a consultation
Scottish Executive, 2005 - Fear and fashion : the use of knives and other weapons by young people
Lemos&Crane, 2004 - Police and firearms
BBC News Online, 2001 - 'Bang!' goes the neighbourhood : firearms, violence and social disorder (PDF 213kB)
Peter Squires. In The British criminology conferences : selected proceedings, vol. 1 : Emerging themes in criminology, 1998 - The criminal use of firearms (PDF 833kB)
Bernard Rix, Derek Walker and John Ward. Home Office (UK), 1998
United States
- Reducing violent crime and firearms violence : the Indianapolis lever-pulling experiment (PDF 1.5MB)
Steven Chermak, Rockville, Md. : National Criminal Justice Reference Service. 2008 - Firearms and crime statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics - Fatal firearm injuries in the United States, 1962-1994
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Firearms publications
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - Gun violence among serious young offenders
Anthony A Braga. Centre for Problem-Oriented Policing, 2003 - Where did you get that statistic? A firearms and firearms violence bibliography and resource guide for advocates working to reduce firearms violence
Violence Policy Center, 1998
International
- Missing pieces : a guide for reducing gun violence through parliamentary action (PDF 960kB)
Cente for Humanitarian Dialogue and Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva : Inter-Parliamentary Union. 2007 - International context
Coalition for Gun Control (Canada) - United Nations international study on firearm regulation
United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network - Pervasive illicit small arms availability : a global threat (PDF 146kB)
Peter Lock. HEUNI, 1999