Not for Lumberjim *lol*

[Lady Sidhe]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

If the statistics don't support it, then how can he make that claim? What is this, an editorial? Opinion? Guessing? your slipping Sidhe, at least come up with something factual.

I would say, if I had to venture a guess, that what this person is referring to may be unsolved homicides of pregnant women, or assaults that don't get prosecuted because the woman dropped charges. It happens all the time. The FBI says that rape stats are usually much higher than the numbers show because of the women who don't report the rapes, or the women who won't press charges because they're scared.

It happens.



Brianna: Well, you can't lock them up for looking funny; or even acting funny. i don't know what the answer is, our process is indeed flawed. Lady Sidhe--what should be done about people who exhibit addictive patterns? Addiction accounts for a lot of aberrant behaviors--like driving around with the headless torso of your best friend, or jacking off outside the window of a sleeping 5 year old. the hardest thing to remember is that each person is a person and you can't just throw people away no matter how odious they are (or, at least you shouldn't be able to).

I agree with that. Some people are just strange. The only thing I was making a point of is that, with reference to a trial, that past criminal behavior, if applicable, should be able to be used as evidence. As far as funny behavior is concerned, I think that if more people knew what "funny" behaviors were indicators of dangerous behavior, maybe escalation wouldn't be as likely--or at least maybe people would be able to take precautions. Hell, I don't know. If I did, I'd be rich and famous by now.


Sidhe

[xoxoxoBruce]

The FBI says that rape stats are usually much higher than the numbers show because of the women who don't report the rapes, or the women who won't press charges because they're scared.

And none of the murder victims, report it. :hafucking

[glatt]

I dug up a few statistics. Basically, most murder victims are young black males who are drunk. They are your victims, Sidhe. Why don't you post about them?

See this summary

Males are 9 times more likely to commit murder and 3.6 times more likely to be murdered than females. The murder/victim sex percentages are summarized as:


male murderer/male victim....... 67.9%
male murderer/female victim..... 22.0%
female murderer/male victim..... 7.8%
female murderer/female victim... 2.3%
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total: 100.0%

About 10% of homicides in 1997 were by "intimates" (spouses, ex-spouses, boyfriends and girlfriends). There was little difference between the victimization rate for black or white males, but black females were twice as likely and white females were four times as likely to be victims of intimates as males.

Sidhe's article says that out of 688 murdered women in Maryland, 50 were pregnant. I doubt Maryland is representative of the entire US, but many states don't track homicides of pregant females, so let's pretend it is representative. If anything, it has more homicides (see Baltimore), so the real US total should be lower. Anyway, 50 pregnant out of 688 killed is about 7% of all murdered women. Women make up 29.8% of all the murder victims (see quote), so 01.7% of all murders are pregnant women.

1.7% of all murders are pregnant women. Is that a lot? A little? There are 6.2 million pregnancies in the US each year. Cite A pregnancy lasts 3/4 of a year long, and there are about 300 million Americans. So that means 1.5% of all Americans are pregnant each year. 1.7% is pretty darn close to 1.5%.

The percentage of murdered pregnant females is proportional to the percentage of pregnant females.

There's nothing to see here. Move along.

[Lady Sidhe]

Originally Posted by glatt

I dug up a few statistics. Basically, most murder victims are young black males who are drunk. They are your victims, Sidhe. Why don't you post about them?

I don't make the headlines, I just post 'em. Talk to the editors at Reuters.


Sidhe