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NCJ Number:	169812

Title:	Homicide in California, 1995

Corporate Author:	California Dept of Justice United States of America

Date Published:	1996

Page Count:	114

Sponsoring Agency:	California Dept of Justice Sacramento, CA 95820 NCJRS Photocopy Services Rockville, MD 20849-6000

Sale Source:	California Dept of Justice 4949 Broadway Sacramento, CA 95820 United States of America NCJRS Photocopy Services Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 United States of America

Type:	Survey

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

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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