Murder in Large Urban Counties, 1988
Date Published
May 1993
"Murder in Large Urban Counties, 1988"
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT
WEDNESDAY MAY 12, 1993
202-307-0784
In a study of prosecuted murder cases,
about 80 percent of murder victims knew their
killers and 16 percent were related to their
killers, the Bureau of Justice Statistics
(BJS) announced today. BJS, a Department
of Justice agency, said...