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The cost of firearm violent crime in British Columbia, Canada Rajabali, Fahra; Turcotte, Kate; Zheng, Alex; Pauls, Nick; Nguyen, Tony; Kalman, Evelyn; Covic, Vedrana; Pike, Ian

Abstract

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. This study clearly demonstrates the significant cost of violent firearm injury in British Columbia and the impacts on the health care system, criminal justice system, and to society at large, particularly within the criminal justice system where the costs were significantly higher than health care.

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Title
The cost of firearm violent crime in British Columbia, Canada
Creator
Rajabali, Fahra; Turcotte, Kate; Zheng, Alex; Pauls, Nick; Nguyen, Tony; Kalman, Evelyn; Covic, Vedrana; Pike, Ian
Contributor
B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit; Children's Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.)
Publisher
Frontiers
Date Issued
2023-01-13
Description
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. This study clearly demonstrates the significant cost of violent firearm injury in British Columbia and the impacts on the health care system, criminal justice system, and to society at large, particularly within the criminal justice system where the costs were significantly higher than health care.
Subject
Economic burden of injury
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2023-02-08
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0424322
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/83807
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Pediatrics, Department of; Non UBC
Citation
Rajabali F, Turcotte K, Zheng A, Pauls N, Nguyen T, Kalman E, Covic V and Pike I (2023) The cost of firearm violent crime in British Columbia, Canada. Front. Public Health 10:938091.
Publisher DOI
10.3389/fpubh.2022.938091
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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