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What are the trends in victim-offender relationships for juvenile homicide offending? |
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Between 1980 and 2010, the decline in the annual number of known juvenile offenders who killed family members was slow and steady, in stark contrast to the number of those who killed acquaintances and strangers. |
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- Murder victims of known juvenile offenders are more likely to be acquaintances than strangers. In 2010, 35% of murder victims of known juvenile offenders were acquaintances and 31% were strangers.
- In 2010, the number of family members murdered by known juvenile offenders was about one-third the number in 1980.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/offenders/qa03107.asp?qaDate=2010.
Released on July 31, 2012. Adapted from Puzzanchera, C. and Kang, W. (2012). Easy Access to the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports: 1980-2010. Available on-line at: http://ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezashr/. Data Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation. Supplementary Homicide Reports for the years 1980–2010 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: FBI.
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