NCJ Number
34413
Date Published
1975
Length
62 pages
Annotation
THIS STATISTICAL REPORT TRACES OFFENSES ORIGINALLY CLASSIFIED AS HOMICIDE BY THE POLICE THROUGH THE POINT WHERE, AFTER COURT PROCEEDINGS, THEY CAN BE GROUPED INTO FIVE CATEGORIES OF HOMICIDE.
Abstract
THESE FIVE CATEGORIES ARE MURDER, SECTION TWO (VOLUNTARY) MANSLAUGHTER, COMMON LAW MANSLAUGHTER REDUCED FROM MURDER, OTHER COMMON LAW MANSLAUGHTER, AND INFANTICIDE. TABULAR AND NARRATIVE DATA COVER VICTIMS, SUSPECTS, METHODS USED IN THE KILLING, AND THE SENTENCES IMPOSED.