Crimes Committed With Firearms in the State of Hawaii, 1983-1992

• NCJ Number: 150192
• Journal: Crime Trend Series Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Dated: (April 1994) Pages: complete issue
• Author(s): T M Green; J B Richmond; J E Taira
• Date Published: 1994
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: Hawaii Dept of the Attorney General
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report presents statistics regarding homicides, robberies, aggravated assaults, and other crimes committed with firearms in Hawaii between 1983 and 1992.

Abstract

During that period, 35 percent of all homicide victims were filled with a firearm; 71 percent of these were killed with a handgun. The proportion killed by firearms increased from 32 percent in 1983 to 40 percent in 1992. The total number of robberies and the number of robberies committed with a firearm generally declined from 1983 to 1992; however, from 1991 to 1992, the total number of robberies increased 17 percent and the number of robberies committed with a firearm increased 64 percent. From 1983 to 1992, the number of aggravated assaults increased 53 percent, and the number committed with a firearm increased 12 percent. The percentage of aggravated assaults committed with a firearm was smaller in 1992 than in 1983. Arrests for weapons violations increased 83 percent from 1983 to 1992. Figures