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- From: phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone)
- Subject: Re: Carjackers/Citizens/Life/Guns/Bernhard Goetz
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.194318.16738@netcom.com>
- Organization: Generally in favor of, but mostly random.
- References: <1gvsreINNiv7@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <13700@optilink.COM>
- Distribution: ca
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:43:18 GMT
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- In article <13700@optilink.COM> walsh@optilink.COM (Mark Walsh) writes:
- >A poor analogy. Most murderers know their victims to be
- >unarmed, most car jackers have no such knowledge. Most
- >murders are crimes of passion, rarely for financial gain.
-
- You are VERY wrong. Most murders are NOT "crimes of passion" (whatever
- that is).
-
-
-
- RKBA.014 - Reasons for homicide and non-negligent manslaughter
- Version 1.1 (last changed on 90/05/17 at 15:07:58)
-
-
- DESCRIPTION
- ===========
- A common misconception, popularized in the media (especially in the
- Dear Abby/Ann Landers sob-sister columns), is that a gun in the house
- is more likely to murder a "loved one" than to defeat a burglar.
-
- The tables below show the total victims of each type, the type
- being the relationship to the murderer, and the circumstances during
- which the victim was murderd.
-
- Table one shows the numbers as percentages, table two as victim counts,
- and table three as in descending order of all types by victim.
-
- The figures are for 1987.
-
- Note that ALL murders are counted, regardless of the weapon used.
- Other statistics, not as complete and hence not included, show
- that a gun is used far more in murdering strangers than it is for
- relatives (knives are very popular with relatives).
-
- Numbers will not round-up to exactly 100% because of round-off.
-
-
- CONCLUSION
- ==========
- "Loved ones" (oxymoron - who murders a "loved one") are quite low
- in the murder count. The murder of a stranger (by a a stranger obv.)
- is quite rare. Dope dealers that know each ARE acquaintances.
-
-
-
-
- TOTAL = Total number of victims of this type.
-
- FELON = Total number of victions of this type murdered during the
- commission of a felony (such as a burglary or robbery). I.e,
- you held up your dad's liquor store and killed dad or murdered
- your brother the bank guard during a bank hold up.
-
- SUSFL = Total number of victions of this type murdered during the
- commission of a suspected felony (such as a burglary or robbery).
-
- ROTRI = Total number of victions of this type murdered because of
- a romantic triangle..
-
- AOMOP = Total number of victions of this type murdered because of
- an argument over money and/or property.
-
- OTARG = Total number of victions of this type murdered because of
- an argument over something besides money and/or property.
-
- MNFTY = Total number of victions of this type murdered during the
- commision of a non-felony crime.
-
- UNABL = Total number of victions of this type murdered for
- unknown reasons.
-
-
- *** T A B L E 1 ***
- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
- TOTAL FELON SUSFL ROTRI AOMOP OTARG MNFTY UNABL
- 19257 3730 379 414 471 6338 3586 4339
- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
- Acquaintance 30.8 25.7 6.9 62.7 52.2 40.4 38.8 11.4
- Unknown 29.8 32.1 82.3 2.2 3.6 8.3 10.9 75.9
- Stranger 13.0 32.2 8.4 7.0 8.1 8.8 11.7 5.1
- Friend 5.2 3.8 .5 7.5 19.1 8.6 4.1 1.2
- Wife 4.8 .4 .5 6.2 1.1 7.3 9.5 1.6
- Other family 2.9 1.4 .3 .7 4.5 5.1 3.6 .8
- Husband 2.7 .1 .0 3.5 .2 4.9 4.6 .5
- Girlfriend 2.6 .5 .5 5.7 1.1 5.2 2.2 1.1
- Son 1.7 1.0 0 .5 .9 1.0 5.6 .5
- Boyfriend 1.5 .2 0 2.0 1.3 3.4 1.1 .2
- Neighbor 1.4 1.4 0 1.5 2.6 2.3 .9 .6
- Brother 1.0 .2 0 .2 3.0 2.2 .9 .1
- Daughter 1.0 .5 .3 0 .2 .4 4.0 .2
- Father 0.7 .2 0 0 1.5 1.1 1.0 .3
- Mother 0.6 .2 .3 0 .4 .8 1.0 .4
- Sister 0.2 .1 0 .2 .2 .4 .1 .1
-
-
- *** T A B L E 1 ***
- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
- TOTAL FELON SUSFL ROTRI AOMOP OTARG MNFTY UNABL
- 19257 3730 379 414 471 6338 3586 4339
- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
- Acquaintance 5937 959 26 260 246 2561 1391 495
- Unknown 5746 1197 312 9 17 526 391 3293
- Stranger 2499 1201 32 29 38 558 420 221
- Friend 1009 142 2 31 90 545 147 52
- Wife 920 15 2 26 5 463 341 69
- Other family 564 52 1 3 21 323 129 35
- Husband 516 4 0 14 1 311 165 22
- Girlfriend 506 19 2 24 5 330 79 48
- Son 330 37 0 2 4 63 201 22
- Boyfriend 285 7 0 8 6 215 39 9
- Neighbor 275 52 0 6 12 146 32 26
- Brother 198 7 0 1 14 139 32 4
- Daughter 198 19 1 0 1 25 143 9
- Father 133 7 0 0 7 70 36 13
- Mother 114 7 1 0 2 51 36 17
- Sister 39 4 0 1 1 25 4 4
-
-
-
-
- *** T A B L E 3 ***
- 3293 Unknown: For unkown reasons.
- 2561 Acquaintance: Argument over non-money/property.
- 1391 Acquaintance: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 1201 Stranger: Commission of felony.
- 1197 Unknown: Commission of felony.
- 959 Acquaintance: Commission of felony.
- 564 Other: Commission of felony.
- 558 Stranger: Argument over non-money/property.
- 545 Friend: Argument over non-money/property.
- 526 Unknown: Argument over non-money/property.
- 495 Acquaintance: For unkown reasons.
- 463 Wife: Argument over non-money/property.
- 420 Stranger: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 391 Unknown: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 341 Wife: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 330 Girlfriend: Argument over non-money/property.
- 323 Other: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 312 Unknown: Commission suspected felony.
- 311 Husband: Argument over non-money/property.
- 260 Acquaintance: Romantic triangle.
- 246 Acquaintance: Argument over money or property.
- 221 Stranger: For unkown reasons.
- 215 Boyfriend: Argument over non-money/property.
- 201 Son: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 165 Husband: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 147 Friend: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 146 Neighbor: Argument over non-money/property.
- 143 Daughter: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 142 Friend: Commission of felony.
- 139 Brother: Argument over non-money/property.
- 129 Other: For unkown reasons.
- 90 Friend: Argument over money or property.
- 79 Girlfriend: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 70 Father: Argument over non-money/property.
- 69 Wife: For unkown reasons.
- 63 Son: Argument over non-money/property.
- 52 Neighbor: Commission of felony.
- 52 Friend: For unkown reasons.
- 52 Other: Commission suspected felony.
- 51 Mother: Argument over non-money/property.
- 48 Girlfriend: For unkown reasons.
- 39 Boyfriend: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 38 Stranger: Argument over money or property.
- 37 Son: Commission of felony.
- 36 Mother: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 36 Father: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 32 Stranger: Commission suspected felony.
- 32 Neighbor: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 32 Brother: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 31 Friend: Romantic triangle.
- 29 Stranger: Romantic triangle.
- 26 Acquaintance: Commission suspected felony.
- 26 Neighbor: For unkown reasons.
- 26 Wife: Romantic triangle.
- 25 Daughter: Argument over non-money/property.
- 25 Sister: Argument over non-money/property.
- 24 Girlfriend: Romantic triangle.
- 22 Husband: For unkown reasons.
- 22 Son: For unkown reasons.
- 21 Other: Argument over non-money/property.
- 19 Girlfriend: Commission of felony.
- 19 Daughter: Commission of felony.
- 17 Unknown: Argument over money or property.
- 17 Mother: For unkown reasons.
- 15 Wife: Commission of felony.
- 14 Husband: Romantic triangle.
- 14 Brother: Argument over money or property.
- 13 Father: For unkown reasons.
- 12 Neighbor: Argument over money or property.
- 9 Boyfriend: For unkown reasons.
- 9 Daughter: For unkown reasons.
- 9 Unknown: Romantic triangle.
- 8 Boyfriend: Romantic triangle.
- 7 Boyfriend: Commission of felony.
- 7 Brother: Commission of felony.
- 7 Mother: Commission of felony.
- 7 Father: Commission of felony.
- 7 Father: Argument over money or property.
- 6 Boyfriend: Argument over money or property.
- 6 Neighbor: Romantic triangle.
- 5 Girlfriend: Argument over money or property.
- 5 Wife: Argument over money or property.
- 4 Husband: Commission of felony.
- 4 Brother: For unkown reasons.
- 4 Sister: Miscellaneous non-felony crime.
- 4 Sister: For unkown reasons.
- 4 Sister: Commission of felony.
- 4 Son: Argument over money or property.
- 3 Other: Argument over money or property.
- 2 Girlfriend: Commission suspected felony.
- 2 Mother: Argument over money or property.
- 2 Friend: Commission suspected felony.
- 2 Wife: Commission suspected felony.
- 2 Son: Romantic triangle.
- 1 Daughter: Commission suspected felony.
- 1 Daughter: Argument over money or property.
- 1 Husband: Argument over money or property.
- 1 Brother: Romantic triangle.
- 1 Sister: Romantic triangle.
- 1 Sister: Argument over money or property.
- 1 Mother: Commission suspected felony.
- 1 Other: Romantic triangle.
- 0 Boyfriend: Commission suspected felony.
- 0 Neighbor: Commission suspected felony.
- 0 Daughter: Romantic triangle.
- 0 Husband: Commission suspected felony.
- 0 Brother: Commission suspected felony.
- 0 Sister: Commission suspected felony.
- 0 Mother: Romantic triangle.
- 0 Father: Romantic triangle.
- 0 Father: Commission suspected felony.
- 0 Son: Commission suspected felony.
-
-
-
-
- Sources: UCR88
-
- -end-
- --
- I believe Gennifer Flowers.
-
- These opinions are MINE, and you can't have 'em! (But I'll rent 'em cheap ...)
-