Descriptions of police officer murders & woundings by shooting & bomb blast 1964-1983

Abstract

The objective of this study is to record the total frequency and calculate rates of attacks on police officers concerning malicious unlawful killings by any means sustained in the course of duty, injuries maliciously inflicted by gunshot or bomb blast and sustained in the course of duty. It also describes the selected victim, temporal, situational and offender related characteristics of the attacks.