Murder rate

Comey, Jim, and Stephen Miller. Project Exile. USA Bulletin, vol. 50, January 2002, pp. 11-15. Describes Project Exile, an anti-gun crime program first tried out in Richmond, Virginia, which had been suffering from one of the highest per capita murder rates in the country. The... 

Hutchinson, Earl Ofari. 2002. Why Black Murder Rates Remain So High. Znet, August 9. http //www.zmag.org/content/Race/hutchbmurder.cfm. 

The Death Sentence. One of the weightiest problems penologists attempt to tackle is determining whether the death sentence is an effective deterrent that is, how well the threat of execution, or capital punishment, prevents crime. The many studies in this area have been inconclusive. Some, for example, have found no significant difference in the murder rate in states that impose the death penalty and those that do not, but one meta-analysis of death penalty studies... 

Krug, E. G. Firearm-Related Deaths in the United States and 35 Other High- and Upper-Middle-Income Countries.The Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 280, August 5, 1998, p. 401. Reports that the 49th World Health Assembly has declared violence a worldwide public health problem. Using data provided by health officials, a study concludes that firearms death rates are much higher in the United States and that types of death (murder or suicide) as well as rates vary with national income. 

Since Wiehn must also have read the information he quoted from Reitlinger59 regarding evacuation rates, one cannot help but suspect a deliberate attempt to falsify history and even to commit academic fraud. Incidentally, a few pages further one finds yet another and even more time-consuming and extremely dubious murder method. Reitlinger 60... 

Solid indications that he had been conducting murderous activities became apparent during his time at Donneybrook House, when the death rate amongst his patients was three times higher than that of his colleagues in the same practice. It is believed that Ship-man murdered a further 71 patients whilst at this practice. 

The occupation with the highest rate of occupational homicide has been taxicab drivers/chauffeurs. Taxi drivers are 60 times more likely than other workers to be murdered on the job according to then Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman (OSHA National News Release, May 9, 2000). Other high-risk occupations include law enforcement officers, hotel clerks, and gas station workers. Although law enforcement officers are more likely to suffer the effects of workplace violence, taxi drivers are more likely to die on the job. Refer to table 13-2 for further details (Warchol, 1998). 

Criminology is the study of crime causation and control. Criminologists attempt to elucidate the characteristics and motivation of criminals—from the most mundane and innocuous (scofflaws and petty thieves) to the most ohscure and heinous (mass murderers and serial killers)— and how they differ from nonciiminals. Why do people commit crimes Are people horn criminals, or do their experiences dictate whether they will break the law Can crime be controlled or eliminated Why are some communities safer than others What causes changes in crime rates Criminologists search for answers to these and related questions. 

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