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Firearms and violent crime in Canada, 2021 / by Adam Cotter.: CS85-005/2022-1-2E-PDF

"Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey and the Homicide Survey, this Juristat article looks at the most recent trends in firearm-related violent crime. In the context of this analysis, a firearm-related violent crime is one where a firearm was present during the commission of the offence and police deemed that the firearm was relevant to the crime. It is important to note that in this analysis, UCR data for the province of Quebec is excluded due to data quality concerns with the weapon variable; specifically, a large proportion of incidents where the most serious weapon present was reported as unknown"--page 2.

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Department/Agency
  • Statistics Canada, issuing body.
TitleFirearms and violent crime in Canada, 2021 / by Adam Cotter.
Series title
  • Juristat bulletin - quick fact, 1925-3427
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: Les armes à feu et les crimes violents au Canada, 2021.
  • "Release date: December 12, 2022."
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 16).
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, December 12, 2022.
  • ©2022
Author / Contributor
  • Cotter, Adam, author.
Description1 online resource (22 pages) : charts.
Catalogue number
  • CS85-005/2022-1-2E-PDF
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