Gun violence
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Gun violence is the broadly defined category of violence and crime committed with the use of a firearm; it does not include the safe lawful use of firearms for sport, hunting, target practice, law enforcement, or self-defense.[1] Gun violence encompasses intentional crime characterized as homicide (although not all homicide is automatically a crime) and assault with a deadly weapon, as well as unintentional injury and death resulting from the misuse of firearms, particularly by children and adolescents.[2]
Levels of gun violence vary greatly across the world, with very high rates in South Africa and Colombia, as well as high levels in Thailand, Guatemala, and some other developing countries.[3] Levels of gun violence are low in Singapore, Chile, New Zealand, and many other countries.[3]
[edit] Homicides by country
The homicide statistics listed below are for "intentional homicide", which is "death deliberately inflicted on a person by another person",[4] including justifiable homicide and criminal homicide.
| Homicides (non-firearm and firearm homicides) by country Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2000[3]
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[edit] References
- ^ Michigan Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence: Statistics
- ^ Encyclopedia of Public Health: Gun Control
- ^ a b c The Seventh United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (1998 - 2000). United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Retrieved on November 8, 2006.
- ^ [http://www.unodc.org/pdf/crime/seventh_survey/InstrumentE.pdf Questionnaire for the Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 - 2000]. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
[edit] See also
- Castle Doctrine
- Duty to retreat
- Gun violence in the United States
- Stand-your-ground law
- Crime by country
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