The cost of firearm violent crime in British Columbia, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study aimed to quantify the total cost of violent firearm-related offenses in British Columbia in 2016 Canadian dollars over a five-year period, 2012 to 2016. The purposes of this study were to estimate the direct costs to the health care system and indirect costs to society for violent firearm injuries and deaths; and to estimate criminal justice system costs pertaining to firearm incidents.

Methods

Human and economic costs to the health care system and productivity losses were calculated using health administrative datasets such as B.C. Vital Statistics and Discharge Abstract Database. Criminal justice system costs pertaining to firearm incidents were estimated by applying weighted average costs to aggregate expenditures using methodology consistent with

SUBMITTER: Rajabali F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9880035 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature