* Thirty-six percent of violent felons had an active criminal justice status at the time of their arrest. This included 18% on probation, 12% on release pending disposition of a prior case, and 7% on parole.The most politically-incorrect item in the report: "Blacks (46%) comprised a higher percentage of murderers than Hispanics (27%) or whites (23%)".* Seventy percent of violent felons had a prior arrest record, and 57% had at least one prior arrest for a felony. Sixty-seven percent of murderers and 73% of those convicted of robbery or assault had an arrest record.
* A majority (56%) of violent felons had a prior conviction record. Thirty-eight percent had a prior felony conviction and 15% had a previous conviction for a violent felony.
Convicted violent felons are among the most serious offenders in the criminal justice system. They are convicted of violent offenses, such as murder, rape, robbery, and assault, and given the most severe sanctions. A BJS analysis of felony convictions in the 75 most populous counties found that a majority of those committing violent felonies had-
* multiple prior arrests
* at least 1 prior felony arrest
* at least 1 prior conviction.
Now, of the people you know, how many have prior convictions (or even arrests) for violent felonies? The homicide epidemic is not coming from middle-class suburbia. It is coming from the criminal underclass. But FReepers already know that.
Remove the African American and Hispanic murder rates from the US, and the resulting murder rate falls right in the middle of European murder rates.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2013/01/european-murder-rates-compared-to.html