Policija i sigurnost, Vol. 34 No. 2, 2025.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.59245/ps.34.2.1
Relation between Firearms Availability and Homicides Committed by Firearms in the Republic of Croatia
Nikola Melnjak
; Policijska uprava zagrebačka, Služba organiziranog kriminaliteta, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Dean Savić
; Policijska akademija „Prvi hrvatski redarstvenik“, Veleučilište kriminalistike i javne sigurnosti, Zagreb, Hrvatska.
Sažetak
The availability of firearms is a significant social and security problem due to its association with violent outcomes, especially homicides. This research analysed the relationship between the availability of firearms and firearm homicides by county in the Republic of Croatia and estimated that in Croatia, there are 2,15 times more illegal firearms than registered firearms (595 000 versus 276 000). In addition to data on registered firearms, the indicators of firearm availability can also include firearm suicide rates and the share of firearm suicides in the total number of suicides. Therefore, data on firearm suicides were also analysed. The firearm suicide rate and the registered firearm rate were positively correlated (r = 0,85, p = 0.00) and were both positively correlated with the firearm homicide rate (r = 0,57, p = 0,01; r = 0,49, p = 0,03), confirming a statistically significant correlation between gun availability and firearm homicides. The positive correlation between firearm homicide and suicide rates can be explained by the fact that the firearm suicide rate is a good indicator of gun availability. Since firearm suicides are mostly committed with illegal weapons, the suicide rate proved to be a better variable in explaining the variation in the firearm homicide rate compared to the registered firearm rate.
Ključne riječi
firearm availability; firearm homicides; firearm suicides; illegal weapons; assessment of illegal weapon availability
Hrčak ID:
331944
URI
Datum izdavanja:
18.7.2025.
Posjeta: 1.724 *