----- Original Message ----- From: "Volokh, Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 12:22 AM Subject: [inbox] Question about VPC report on women killed by men
> A VPC report, http://www.vpc.org/studies/dv3myth.htm > <http://www.vpc.org/studies/dv3myth.htm> , states (citing the 1998 > Supplementary Homicide Report) that of 1,932 single-offender/single-victim > homicides of women by men, 1,699 involved acquaintances and 138 involved > strangers (in the remainder the relationship was unknown). Any sense of > whether that's accurate? The ratio seems quite high to me, and it seems Keep in mind that "acquaintance" and "stranger" may not mean what they first seem to mean. I have some recollection that the definition of "acquaintance" in FBI stats can mean something as casual as having met the person before, and recognizing them. Yes, a lot of these are probably ex-boyfriends, but some of them might be the creepy neighbor down the hall, or the guy that was never a boyfriend, but the woman was too polite to get a restraining order against. If you say, "acquaintance," to a lot of people, that means someone who is a voluntary member of your social set. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof
