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NCJ Number: 169812 Add to Shopping cart Find in a Library
Title: Homicide in California, 1995
Date Published: 1996
Annotation: This report presents details about homicide and its victims in California in 1995, as well as information about the persons arrested for homicide, the response of the criminal justice system, capital punishment, the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, and justifiable homicides.
Abstract: Most of the data came from three databases maintained by the California Department of Justice. The statistics revealed that the homicide rate decreased 4.3 percent from 1994 to 1995 and 2.7 percent from 1986 to 1995. The black homicide victim rate was more than 9 times that of whites and almost 2.5 times that of Hispanics in 1995. From 1986 to 1995 the homicide rate increased 55.6 percent for victims under 18 years of age and decreased 27.2 percent for victims ages 40 and over. The largest proportion of white victims in 1995 were age 40 and over, whereas the largest proportions of Hispanic and black victims were ages 18-29. A total of 65.7 percent of the victims knew the offender. Female victims were 15 times more likely than male victims to know the offenders. Seventy-four percent of the victims were killed by firearms. Figures and tables
Main Term(s): Crime Statistics
Index Term(s): California; Capital punishment; Homicide; Homicide victims; Murderers; Police deaths
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Page Count: 114
Type: Survey
Language: English
Country: United States of America
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