URBAN VIOLENCE AND RISK TO THE INDIVIDUAL

• NCJ Number: 13826
• Author(s): A BARNETT; D J KLEITMAN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 6 pages
• Grant Number(s): GI38004 (NSF)
• Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation
• Corporate Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. REPRINTED FROM JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, V 10, N 2 (JULY 1973)

Annotation

PROCEDURE USING CURRENT CRIME STATISTICS AND RECENT TRENDS IS PRESENTED FOR EXTRAPOLATING THE THREAT VIOLENT CRIME WILL PRESENT OVER THE LIFETIME OF TODAY'S CHILDREN.

Abstract

MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS ARE OBTAINED FOR THE MEAN AND VARIANCE OF THE NUMBER OF NONLETHAL VIOLENT CRIMES AN INDIVIDUAL CAN EXPECT TO SUFFER AND THE PROBABILITY THAT HE WILL DIE OF HOMICIDE. THE CALCULATIONS CARRIED OUT USE RECENT STATISTICS FOR THE BRONX, NEW YORK. THEY INCLUDE THE PROJECTION THAT THE FRACTION OF BABIES BORN THERE NOW WHO EVENTUALLY DIE OF MURDER MAY REACH ONE IN ELEVEN. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)