title: Is there a regional subculture of firearm violence in Canada?
abstract: A study in Canada of the accidental death rate from firearms, and of suicide and homicide rates by firearms and by all other methods, for the period 1975-85, indicated that the rates were positively associated with one another. The results were interpreted using a subcultural theory of violence, and the social policy implications of the results were discussed.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Leenaars
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005389:Firearms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012945:Social Values; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends*; D014754:Violence / Q000639:trends*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000401:mortality*