[Freedom2specul8]

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict_c.htm

Just wanted to add this..
I'm not sure where the sociology professor got her stats, but this is just as valid.

"During 2001 -- For murder victims, 45% were related to or acquainted with their assailants; 15% of victims were murdered by strangers, while almost 40% of victims had an unknown relationship to their murderer. "

[runningbear]

from college, I am familiar with those stats. They really don't change over the decades, just sometimes.... A whole other subject that boils down, Gavin De Becker story, "The Gift of Fear".....