Clayton is correct. The FBI defination of "acquaintance" includes everyone the victim has ever had a prior encounter with. A cab driver and customer, people who met at the grocery store once last year, etc. "Stranger" is restricted to someone the victim has never had any contact with at all. E.g., a mafia hit man from Chicago and his target in New York.
*********************************************************************** Professor Joseph Olson Hamline University School of Law tel. (651) 523-2142 St. Paul, Minnesota 55104-1284 fax. (651) 523-2236 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> "Clayton E. Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/07/03 01:54AM >>> 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
