National Corrections Reporting Program, 1986
Date Published
January 1992
Publication Type
Publication
"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...