Clearly, the UCR definitions and police practice are both designed to create the false APPEARANCE that CLDHs are few and far between. Once again "lying with statistics." This is deliberate. Don't forget that even this corrected number (13%) VASTLY UNDERSTATES the security impact of DGU's since the goal of a DGU is to "neutralize the threat" not to cause a homicide. That goal doesn't require a homicide because it is accomplished in 99% of the armed confrontations by a defensive display that causes the assailant to run away. The goal can be accomplished without firing a shot, wounding the assailant, or killing anyone. ************************************************** Professor Joseph Olson, J.D., LL.M. o- 651-523-2142 Hamline University School of Law (MS-D2037) f- 651-523-2236 St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 c- 612-865-7956 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> "Philip F. Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/23/08 6:28 PM >>> We know that the FBI does not report all civilian legal defensive homicides (CLDHs) by citizens by a significant factor. We know the FBI UCR reports a shooting death by a citizen as a DGU only if there is no question at the time of the initial investigation by police that the shooting is justified. By contrast police shooting homicides tend to be reported as justified unless an initial investigation has significant evidence to the contrary.
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