Week Four - Homicide Data

Question 1

What has happened to homicides since the early 2000s?

Answer 1

Homicide seems to have been falling since the early 2000s

Question 2

We must take care…

Answer 2

Using these statistics we must take care

We need to understand what we’re looking at, who put the stats together and why

Question 3

How many homicides were there between 1981-2000?

Answer 3

13,140 murders (1.8/day)

Question 4

What is the rate of homicides comparing men and women? and who is most likely to be killed?

Answer 4

Rate for men is 2x that for women

Boys under 1 (parents); men aged 21 (alcohol)