Author : Elisabeth Scarff,Decision Dynamics Corporation
Publisher : Solicitor General, Communications Division
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Firearms
ISBN : UOM:39015009343438
Evaluation of the Canadian Gun Control Legislation by Elisabeth Scarff,Decision Dynamics Corporation Pdf
This is the final report of a 3-year study of the effectiveness of those provisions of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1977, which amended the Criminal Code sections relating to firearms. It contains two types of analyses : an 'outcome analysis, ' which examined the incidence of crimes, accidents, and suicides with firearms before and after the legislation, and a 'process analysis, ' which examined the implementation of firearm controls. The outcome analysis found that in a considerable number of cases, the proportion of occurrences with firearms declined subsequent to the legislation. The process analysis found that overall, the methods of firearms control encouraged by the legislation have been used. For example, convictions for firearm offences resulted in more severe sentences after 1979.