Firearm Homicides in Europe: A Comparison with Non-Firearm Homicides in Five European Countries

IF 1.4 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Global Crime Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI:10.1080/17440572.2023.2211513

Katharina Krüsselmann, P. Aarten, Sven Granath, Janne Kivivuori, Nora Markwalder, Karoliina Suonpää, A. H. Thomsen, Simone Walser, M. Liem

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Detailed, comparative research on firearm violence in Europe is rare. Using data from the European Homicide Monitor, this paper presents the prevalence and characteristics of firearm homicides in Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland between 2001 and 2016. Furthermore, we compare firearm to non-firearm homicides to assess the degree of uniqueness of firearms as modus operandi. We find that the firearm homicide rate varies across our sample of countries. We also identify two country profiles: in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden, most firearm homicides take place in public and urban areas, involving male victims and perpetrators. In these countries, the use of firearms in homicides is largely concentrated in the criminal milieu. In Finland and Switzerland, firearms are mostly used in domestic homicides, with a higher share of female victims. We explore these findings in relation to firearm availability in each country.

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欧洲涉枪杀人:五个欧洲国家与非涉枪杀人的比较

摘要：对欧洲枪支暴力的详细比较研究并不多见。本文利用欧洲凶杀监测机构的数据，介绍了2001年至2016年间丹麦、芬兰、荷兰、瑞典和瑞士枪支凶杀案的流行率和特征。此外，我们将枪支杀人与非枪支杀人进行比较，以评估枪支作为作案手法的独特程度。我们发现，各国的持枪杀人率各不相同。我们还确定了两个国家的情况：在丹麦、荷兰和瑞典，大多数枪支杀人案发生在公共和城市地区，涉及男性受害者和犯罪者。在这些国家，在凶杀案中使用枪支的行为主要集中在犯罪环境中。在芬兰和瑞士，枪支主要用于家庭凶杀案，女性受害者的比例更高。我们将这些发现与每个国家的枪支供应情况联系起来进行探讨。

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Global Crime CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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3.90

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4.50%

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