TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Injury research explains conflicting violence trends
JO  - Injury prevention
A1  - Shepherd, Jonathan P.
A1  - Sivarajasingam, Vaseekaran
SP  - 324
EP  - 325
VL  - 11
IS  - 6
N2  - This commentary explains conflicting trends in violence over the past decade as derived from the two official sources of information: household crime surveys designed to identify citizensâ?? experience of crime and police data. Police records, rather than representing a reliable measure of trends in violence, are a product of police activityâ??increasingly prompted by better surveillance and targeting, increased numbers of police, and changes in recording practices. Injury data from emergency departments are an objective measure of harm and should be used to target local violence prevention resources.
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8047
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2005.009761
ID  - ref1
ER  -