Here is a site with a graph from the UCR for 2004. http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_04/offenses_reported/violent_crime/murder.ht ml
Based on this info, it looks as if murder is in decline, and that gender plays more of a role in victimization than ethnicity. This chart shows percent change from year to year. This is preliminary 2005 data. http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/2005prelim/table3.htm Here is the website for the UCR data http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andi Stepnick Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:44 AM Cc: [email protected] Subject: TEACHSOC: murder rate? Hi All, I don't teach crime, but got this today and need to respond to someone: 1. The murder rate is rapidly rising 2. Most of those killed are people of color. Can someone flesh these out with sources if possible...if it's easy, handy, and quick for you. I thought the murder rate was down a bit along with crime overall I would guess that the majority of those killed are persons of color. (And, we're talking "violent crime" here...not the white collar stuff, environmental racism, or war...which also disproportionately kills the poor and persons of color, yes? However, if you have anything on those, I'd take 'em.) Thanks. > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >
