Mass murder inc. : national incidents, trends, and firearms commerce / Darlene Perez, editor.

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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

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