The Association of Firearm Caliber With Likelihood of Death From Gunshot Injury in Criminal Assaults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A foundational issue in firearms policy has been whether the type of weapon used in an assault affects the likelihood of death.

Objective

To determine whether the likelihood of death from gunshot wounds inflicted in criminal assaults is associated with the power of the assailant's firearm as indicated by its caliber.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional study with multivariate analysis of data on shooting cases extracted by the authors from police investigation files for assaults that took place in Boston, Massachusetts, between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2014. These data were analyzed between October 1, 2017, and February 18, 2018. In all cases the victim sustained 1 or more gunshot wounds in circumstances that the Boston Police Departm

SUBMITTER: Braga AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324289 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature