Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
UNODC. 2014 ‘Homicides and Gun Homicides in Lebanon.’ Global Study on Homicide 2013: Trends, Context, Data. Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). 10 April
Relevant contents
Homicides in Lebanon (2000-2012)
Year: Homicides - HomRate
2010: 95 - 2.2
2009: 81 - 1.9
2008: 252 - 6.0
2007: 108 - 2.6
2006: 85 - 2.1
2005: 156 - 3.9
2004: 123 - 3.2
Source: National Police
Gun Homicides in Lebanon (2005-2012)
Year: Gun% - GunHom*
2006: 37 - 31
2005: 5 - 8
Source: CTS
[CTS = United Nations Surveys on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems]
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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