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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Aug 25.
Published before final editing as: Psychol Crime Law. 2023 Jun 24:10.1080/1068316X.2023.2227309. doi: 10.1080/1068316X.2023.2227309

Table 2.

Specific Injury Mechanisms

Specific Injury Mechanism Legal Intervention Injury
 Firearms 607 (55.43%)
 Manhandled or blow 320 (29.22%)
 Blunt object 99 (9.04%)
 Unspecified means 60 (5.48%)
 Cutting and piercing instrument 7 (.64%)
 Explosives 2 (.18%)
 Other specified means 0
 Late effects of injuries 0
 Transport Accidents -
 Accidental falls -
 Other accidents -
 Suicide And Self-Inflicted Injury -
 Homicide and general assault -