CRJS 2009 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Boston Police Department, Morphine, Marihuana Tax Act Of 1937

• School: Mount Royal University
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CRJS 2009
• Professor: Kelly W.Sundberg

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Guns, alcohol, everything else discussed in this chapter are facilitators and enablers of violence rather than causes. Majority of all homicides in us are committed with firearms mostly handguns. This research only measures handgun homicides, not all offences that involved a. Increase in handgun homicides ha(cid:374)dgu(cid:374) (cid:271)ut did(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)e a shooti(cid:374)g - robbery, rape, assault, etc. Homicide rates in us is not because of the amount of violence, but because of the deadliness of the violence = guns increase the probability of act of aggression resulting in a death. More chance of surviving any other wound (ex. , knife) rather than a gun shot. Semiautomatic weapons = increased firepower + more rounds: ability to inflict more wounds -> greater likelihood of death. Fascination with guns = more guns per capita than any other nation in the world. Average of 1. 7 guns per person in the us.