Explosive violence: a near-repeat study of hand grenade detonations and shootings in urban Sweden

Hand grenade attacks have increasingly been reported in Sweden. However, to date no research on the topic exists. The present study aims to describe the illegal use of hand grenades and to test its spatio-temporal relationship with gun violence to explore whether the two forms of violence are connec...

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Main Author: Sturup, Joakim (Author)
Contributors: Rostami, Amir ; Gerell, Manne
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: European journal of criminology
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