NCJ Number
167971
Journal
Juristat Volume: 17 Issue: 7 Dated: (June 1997) Pages: complete issue
Date Published
1997
Length
11 pages
Annotation
Statistics from the Revised Uniform Crime Reporting Survey on violent crimes in Canada in 1995 revealed that 72 percent of the victims of violence did not encounter a weapon and only 2 percent encountered firearms.
Abstract
In addition, the use of knives or blunt objects during an assault was more likely to result in injury to the victim than when a gun was present. Thirty-one percent of assault victims who encountered an assailant armed with a knife sustained major injuries, compared to 16 percent who encountered one armed with a gun. Moreover, firearm homicides accounted for only a small percentage of all annual gun deaths in Canada. Suicides accounted for 81 percent of the 1,100 firearm deaths, homicides accounted for 13 percent, and accidents and undetermined firearm deaths represented the remaining 6 percent. The homicide rate decreased 26 percent between 1991 and 1995. Figures, tables, footnotes, and 10 references