@article{ref1,
title="Reducing homicide through policy interventions: the case of gun control",
journal="South African medical journal SAMJ",
year="2019",
author="Matzopoulos, R. and Prinsloo, M. and Bradshaw, D. and Abrahams, N.",
volume="109",
number="11b",
pages="63-68",
abstract="Injuries impose a fourth major disease burden on the South African population, which is driven in particular by the high incidence of interpersonal violence. There was a significant decline in mortality from interpersonal violence between 1997 and 2012, and research conducted by South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) researchers has ascribed much of this decline to a decrease in firearm homicide. In the present brief review, we summarise South African research on fatal and non-fatal firearm injuries, with a particular focus on research conducted by SAMRC intra- and extramural units between 1969 and 2019. More recent data suggest a lapse in firearm control that has led to an increase in homicide and that the fluctuating homicide rate is being influenced by adherence to firearm control policies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0038-2469",
doi="10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i11b.14256",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i11b.14256"
}