From: [c z guris] at [ix.netcom.com] (Christopher Zguris)
To: [C--R--T] at [tomahawk.welch.jhu.edu]
Subject: Interesting crime stat's

This came from bodyguard-l, I _know_ we've been over gun-control, but I
thught this was worth forwarding.

Chris

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>"Crime Control through the Private Use of
>Armed Force" by Professor Gary Kleck appeared in the 2/88 issue
>of *Social Problems*.
>  
>The following chart is from the article:
>   
>Attack, Injury and Crime Completion Rates in Robbery Incidents
>    
>Method of           % Completed     % Attacked     % Injured    Num Times
>Self Protection                                                  Used(a)
>     
>Used gun                30.9            25.2            17.4       89,009
>Used Knife              35.2            55.6            40.3       59,813
>Used other weapon       28.9            41.5            22.0      104,700
>Used physical force     50.1            75.6            50.8    1,653,880
>Tried to get help
>or frighten offender    63.9            73.5            48.9    1,516,141
>Threatened or reasoned
>with offender           53.7            48.1            30.7      955,398
>Nonviolent resistance,
>including evasion       50.8            54.7            34.9    1,539,895
>Other measures          48.5            47.3            26.5      284,423
>Any self-protection     52.1            60.8            38.2    4,603,671
>No self-protection      88.5            41.5            24.7    2,686,960
> 
>Total                   65.4            53.7            33.2    7,290,631
>       
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>
>Attack, Injury and Crime Completion Rates in Assault Incidents
> 
>Method of            % Attacked     % Injured    Estimated
>Self Protection                                 Num Times Used(a)
> 
>Used gun                23.2            12.1       386,083
>Used Knife              46.4            29.5       123,062
>Used other weapon       41.4            25.1       454,570
>Used physical force     82.8            52.1     6,638,823
>Tried to get help
>or frighten offender    55.2            40.1     4,383,117
>Threatened or reasoned
>with offender           40.0            24.7     5,743,008
>Nonviolent resistance,
>including evasion       40.0            25.5     8,935,738
>Other measures          36.1            20.7     1,451,103
>Any self-protection     49.5            30.7    21,801,957
>No self-protection      39.9            27.3     6,154,763
> 
>Total                   47.3            29.9    27,956,719
> 
>Notes: (a) Separate frequencies these columns do add totals in "Any
>self-protection" row since a single criminal incident can involve more
>than self-protection method. Sources: Analysis of incident files of
>1979-1985 National Crime Survey public use computer tapes
>(ICPSR,1987b).
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>
>"Robbery and assault victims who used firearms for protection were
>less likely to be attacked or injured than victims who responded in
>any other manner. Only 17% of those using guns to resist attempted
>robbery and 12% using guns to resist assault suffered any kind of
>injuries. 25% of robbery victims and 27% of assault victims who did
>not resist were injured anyway."
> 
>"...Dr. Kleck estimates annually, "gun-wielding civilians in self-
>defense or some other legally justified cause" kill between 1,500
>and 2,800 felons -- or 2 1/2 to seven times as many criminals as
>are shot dead by police."
> 
>"Dr. Kleck estimates "there were about 8,700-16,600 non-fatal, legally
>permissible woundings of criminals by gun armed civilians" annually,
>and "the rest of the one million estimated defensive gun uses, over
>98% involved neither killings nor woundings but rather warning shots
>fired or guns pointed or referred to."
>
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