Weapon use during the index offense: a study among forensic psychiatry patients in Ontario, Canada

The study highlights the significant role of both patients' and victims' characteristics as important factors associated with weapon use during index offenses among forensic patients. Notably, prior hospitalization emerged as a crucial factor with a reduced likelihood of weapon use. Implicitly, this underscores the importance of risk mitigation strategies.

Authors

Mark Mohan Kaggwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4733-154X)
Gary Chaimowitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8035-7530)
Andrew T Olagunju (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1736-9886)
John Bradford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1809-6384)
Arianna Davids
Bailea Erb
Parwiz Mohibi

Institutions

Mbarara University of Science and Technology (UG)
University of Waterloo (CA)
University of Ottawa (CA)
Oklahoma City University (US)
The University of Adelaide (AU)
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (CA)
University of Oklahoma (US)
McMaster University (CA)

Publication Details

Journal: Injury Epidemiology
Published: 2024-12-18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-024-00551-z
Citations: 4
Primary Topic: Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 2.56

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McMaster University

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article

Weapon use during the index offense: a study among forensic psychiatry patients in Ontario, Canada

Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Gary Chaimowitz, Andrew T Olagunju, John Bradford et al.

Dec 18, 2024

4 citations

Injury Epidemiology

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

2.56

article

Weapon use during the index offense: a study among forensic psychiatry patients in Ontario, Canada

Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Gary Chaimowitz, Andrew T Olagunju, John Bradford, Arianna Davids, Bailea Erb, Parwiz Mohibi

December 18, 2024article en

4 citations

Abstract

The study highlights the significant role of both patients' and victims' characteristics as important factors associated with weapon use during index offenses among forensic patients. Notably, prior hospitalization emerged as a crucial factor with a reduced likelihood of weapon use. Implicitly, this underscores the importance of risk mitigation strategies.

Injury EpidemiologyVol. 11(1)

Mbarara University of Science and Technology (UG), University of Waterloo (CA), University of Ottawa (CA), Oklahoma City University (US), The University of Adelaide (AU), St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (CA), University of Oklahoma (US), McMaster University (CA)

McMaster University

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Openalex Percentile: Top 10%

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

2.56

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