@article{ref1,
title="The effects of emergency medical care on the homicide rate: Some additional evidence",
journal="Journal of criminal justice",
year="1992",
author="Giacopassi, David J. and Sparger, Jerry R. and Stein, Preston M.",
volume="20",
number="3",
pages="249-259",
abstract="Police homicide files in Memphis, Tennessee were examined for three years separated by twenty- five-year intervals (1935, 1960, 1985) to study the effect of medical care on the homicide rate. The data reveal that there was a decreasing percentage of lethality for serious violent attacks, an increasing proportion of homicide victims Dead on Arrival (D.O.A.), and a decreasing survival time for non- D.O.A.s. The data are interpreted as providing empirical support for the growing body of literature that indicates that advances in emergency medical care have served to suppress the homicide rate.<p />",
language="",
issn="0047-2352",
doi="10.1016/0047-2352(92)90049-F",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0047-2352(92)90049-F"
}