Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
UNODC. 2014 ‘Homicides and Gun Homicides in St Kitts & Nevis.’ Global Study on Homicide 2013: Trends, Context, Data. Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). 10 April
Relevant contents
Homicides in Saint Kitts & Nevis (2000-2012)
Year: Homicides - HomRate
2012: 18 - 33.6
2011: 34 - 64.2
2010: 21 - 40.1
2009: 27 - 52.2
2008: 23 - 45.0
2007: 16 - 31.7
2006: 17 - 34.1
2005: 8 - 16.3
2004: 11 - 22.7
2003: 10 - 21.0
2002: 5 - 10.7
2001: 6 - 13.0
2000: 3 - 6.6
Source: National police/OAS/CTS
Gun Homicides in Saint Kitts and Nevis (2005-2012)
Year: Gun% - GunHom*
2011: 88 - 30
2010: 81 - 17
2009: 85 - 23
Source: CTS
[CTS = United Nations Surveys on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems; OAS = Organization of American States]
Homicides: Count (number per annum) of homicides by all methods
HomRate: Annual rate of homicide (all methods) per 100,000 population
Gun%: Percentage of all homicides committed with a firearm
GunHom: Count (number per annum) of homicides committed with a firearm
[*Editor's Note: As this edition of the Global Study on Homicide does not provide the number of gun deaths, GunPolicy.org calculates the annual number of homicides committed with a firearm as follows: Homicides x Gun% = GunHom.]
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