Firearms theft in New Zealand : lessons for crime and injury prevention


Autoria(s): Alpers, Philip; Walters, Reece
Data(s)

1998

Resumo

In New Zealand, 200,000 licensed shooters (5.5% of the population) own an estimated 1 million firearms, 9 times more guns per capita than in England and Wales and 20% more than in Australia. Based on a 3 year study of firearm theft in New Zealand, this paper concludes that insecure storage of lawfully held weapons by licensed owners poses a significant public health and safety risk. Furthermore, this paper concludes that the failure of the police to enforce New Zealand gun security laws, and the government's hesitancy to develop firearm education and regulation policies, exacerbates insecure firearm storage, a key factor in firearm-related theft, injury, suicide, violence and criminal activity.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/49629/

Publicador

Sage Publications Ltd.

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/49629/1/49629P.pdf

DOI:10.1177/000486589803100107

Alpers, Philip & Walters, Reece (1998) Firearms theft in New Zealand : lessons for crime and injury prevention. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 31(1), pp. 85-95.

Direitos

Copyright 1998 Australian & New Zealand Society of Criminology and Authors

Fonte

Faculty of Law; School of Justice

Palavras-Chave #160200 CRIMINOLOGY #gun policy #firearm theft #gun security laws #suicide
Tipo

Journal Article