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Mass murder inc. : national incidents, trends, and firearms commerce /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Law, crime and law enforcement.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- MASS MURDER INC. NATIONAL INCIDENTS, TRENDS,AND FIREARMS COMMERCE; MASS MURDER INC.NATIONAL INCIDENTS, TRENDS,AND FIREARMS COMMERCE; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: MASS MURDER WITH FIREARMS:INCIDENTS AND VICTIMS, 1999-2013*; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; WHAT CONSTITUTES MASS KILLINGS,MULTIPLEMURDER,MASS MURDER, AND MASS SHOOTINGS?; MASS MURDER COUNTS BASED ON FBI SUPPLEMENTARY HOMICIDE REPORTS; CRS METHODOLOGY AND PATTERNS OF MASS MURDER AND MASS SHOOTINGS; MASS SHOOTINGS FINDINGS; POSSIBLE ISSUES AND OPTIONS FOR CONGRESS
- THE HOMICIDE RATE IN 2011 WAS HIGHEST AMONG MALES, BLACKS, AND YOUNG ADULTSTHE PEAK HOMICIDE VICTIMIZATION RATE FOR BLACK MALES WAS NEARLY 9 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE PEAK RATE FOR WHITE MALES; THE HOMICIDE VICTIMIZATION RATE FOR FEMALES WAS HIGHEST DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE; THE RATE OF HOMICIDES INVOLVING A FIREARM DECREASED BY HALF FROM 1992 TO 2011; THE PERCENTAGE OF VICTIMS KILLED BY A FIREARM REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE FROM 1992 TO 2011; THE PERCENTAGE OF HOMICIDES THAT INVOLVED A FIREARM WAS GENERALLY STABLE ACROSS PERIODS FOR VARIOUS VICTIM TYPES
- IN 2011, THE HOMICIDE RATE IN ALL TYPES OF COMMUNITIES FELL TO THE LOWEST POINT IN 20 YEARSTHE HOMICIDE RATE IN LARGE CITIES DECREASED BY NEARLY A QUARTER FROM 2002 TO 2011; RURAL AREAS EXPERIENCED A DECREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF HOMICIDES INVOLVING A FIREARM FROM 1992 TO 2011; THE PERCENTAGE OF MALES AND FEMALES KILLED WITH A FIREARM DIFFERED BY COMMUNITY TYPE; ABOUT HALF OF ALL FIREARM HOMICIDES IN RURAL AREAS INVOLVED A FIREARM OTHER THAN A HANDGUN; SINCE 2002, THE PERCENTAGE OF HOMICIDE INCIDENTS INVOLVING TWO OR MORE VICTIMS HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE
- MULTIPLE-VICTIM HOMICIDES WERE MORE LIKELY THAN SINGLE-VICTIM HOMICIDES TO INVOLVE FIREARMS OTHER THAN HANDGUNSMETHODOLOGY; SUPPLEMENTARY HOMICIDE REPORTS; WEIGHTING; REPORTING ON VICTIM RACE AND ETHNICITY; MISSING INFORMATION ON VICTIM AGE, SEX, AND RACE; COUNTING MULTIPLE-VICTIM HOMICIDES; ADDITIONAL METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS; ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF NATIONALHOMICIDE STATISTICS; Chapter 4: FIREARMS COMMERCE INTHE UNITED STATES:ANNUAL STATISTICAL UPDATE 2015*; INDEX