"The one who shoots also dies"

risk of a person who owns a firearm being a fatal victim of a robbery

Authors

  • Renato Sérgio de Lima
  • Jacqueline Sinhoretto
  • Luci Gati Pietrocola

Keywords:

Firearms, Criminology, Robbery followed by death, State monopoly of violence, Self-defense

Abstract

The article reports a research that proposed to estimate the risk that a person who walks armed has of being a fatal victim of a robbery. It concludes that victims who carry firearms at the moment of the robbery crime run a 56% higher risk of being killed. Moreover, the average of fatal victims in robbery followed by death cases in which one of the victims was armed is higher than in cases in which the victims are unarmed.

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Published

2000-01-01

How to Cite

LIMA, Renato Sérgio de; SINHORETTO, Jacqueline; PIETROCOLA, Luci Gati. "The one who shoots also dies": risk of a person who owns a firearm being a fatal victim of a robbery. Brazilian Journal of Criminal Science, São Paulo, v. 29, n. 29, p. 365–373, 2000. Disponível em: https://publicacoes.ibccrim.org.br/index.php/RBCCRIM/article/view/3941. Acesso em: 20 oct. 2026.
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