Medicine, science, and the law
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The case files of the Department of Forensic Medicine and Science at the University of Glasgow were searched for deaths involving gunshot injuries for the years 1989 to 1998. Seventy-one such deaths were identified. These were overwhelmingly males (93%) with a median age of 31 (range 17-80 years). ⋯ Alcohol intoxication was associated with a greater number of homicides than suicides. Homicides were noted to occur most frequently during the evening and early hours of the morning. The majority of suicides occurred at the victim's home address, while 72 per cent of homicides took place in the city of Glasgow.