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[I\jSourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983i'bture and Distribution of Known OffensesTable 3.62 Percent distribution of murders and nonnegllgent manslaughters known to police,by type of weapon used, United States, 196/1-81N::>TE: See N::>TE, Table 3.56. In trend tables "constructed" or "adopted" by SOl.RCEBOO< staff fromCrime In the United States, the data were taken from the first year In which the data werereported. It should be noted that the number of agencies reporting and the popUlations representedvary from year to year.The Uniform Crime Reporting Progrom requests that additional Information !,)e transmitted tothe FB I when a homicide has been committed. The actual number of offenses presented In the tablesdisplaying characteristics of murders known to the police may differ from figures In other tables thatreflect data from only the Initial report on the I:lffense.Tab!e 3.64 Percent distribution of murders andvictim-offender relationship and clrcurnstan'ce nonfn~~"geffnt manslaughters known to police, by• s n e a ,ense, United States, 1981N::>TE: See N::>TES, Tables 3.56 and 3 62 Law e ~circumstances of murders and non~~gli~ent men~I~~chfent afhncles are requested to describe theUnIfor!"" Crime Reporting Program. ''Felon t ell g ers. ese descriptions are categorized by the~ommlsslon of another felony, such as ~o:tery ~:eb~/J killings that occur In conjunction with theC Cllrcumstanes of the offense" category was provided by t~ ar~. d The total number of offenses for eachr me Reporting Section. e e era l Bureau of Investigation, Uniform(Percent).(Percent)T~~e of wea~an usedBlunt Personalobject weapons TotalCutting or (club, (hands, Unknown number ofstabbing hammer, feet ,flsds,Other b or not nannegligentYear Firearm Instrument etc.) etc.) stated Total C manslaughters1%4 55 24 5 10 3 2 100 7,9901%5 57 23 6 10 3 I 100 8,7731%6 59 22 5 9 2 I 100 9,5521%7 63 20 5 9 2 I 100 11,1141%8 65 18 6 8 2 I 100 12,5031%9 65 19 4 8 3 I 100 13,5751970 66 18 4 8 3 I 100 13,6491971 66 19 4 8 2 I 100 16,1831972 66 19 4 8 2 I 100 15,8321973 66 17 5 8 2 2 IOU 17,ll31974 67 17 5 8 I I 100 18,6321975 65 17 5 9 2 2 100 18,6421976 64 18 5 8 2 3 100 16,6051977 6.: 19 5 8 2 3 100 18,0331978 64 19 5 8 2 3 100 18,714m9 63 19 5 8 2 3 IUD 20,5911980 62 19 5 8 2 4 100 21,8601981 62 19 5 7 2 3 100 20 l U53bThis category includes beatings and strangulations.This category includes drownings, orson, polson, explosives,narcotics, asphyxiation, etc.cBecause of rounding, percents mey not add to total.Source: U.S. Deportment af Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime lil the United~bati~ 1%4, p. 104, Table 16; 1%5, p. 106, Table 16; 1%6, p. 107, Tobie 2o;rm;-p. 112, Table; 68,'"il." lOB, Table 20; 1969,'p. 106, Table 21; 191Q,""j). 188, Table 21; 197f,p. 114, Table 21;19?, p. IBtl, Table 24; 1973;-p.-8j 1974, p. 18; 1975, p. 18; 1976, p. 10; 190~. II; .1978~9 9, p. II; 1980, p. 12;T981, p. ITTWashington, D.C.:. U.S. Government Printing Office).·· Tableadopted by 5CX..RCEBOO< staff.Table 3.63 Percent distribution of murders ond nonnegllgentmanslaughters known to police, by type of weapon used andregion, 1981N::>TE: See NOTES, Tables 3.56 and 3.62. In this table,strangulations are classified in the "unknown or other o:i!lngerousweapon" category rather than In the category "personal weapons,"as was done in Table 3.62. For a list of States in regions, seeAppendix 2.(Percent)Type of weaponPcr~;;::;JKnife Unknown weaponsor other or other (hands,Region Total a Firearmcutting dangerous fists, feet,instrument weapon etc.)i'brtheast 100.0 53.4 24.0 14.6 7.9i'brth Central 100.0 62.fj 18.2 13.0 6.0South 100.U 68.0 17.2 10.7 4.1West 100.0 57.6 21.3 14.2 6.8Total 100.0 62.4 19.4 12.5 5.6aBecause of rOlll'lding, percents may not add to total.Source: U.S. Deportment of JUstice, Federal Bureau ofInvestigation, Crime In the United States, 1981 (Washington, D.C.:U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982), p. 10.IIIII~IIII'I11Circumstoncei of the offenseArgument Miscel- Unable toSUspected over laneous d t I~eylpo~y Rt~ntllc money or Other non-felony ~ire;::n~eRelationshipof victimFelonyTotal typeto offender(N=20,053) (N=3,457)nang e property arguments typ t(N= I ,103) (N=510) (N=606) (N=6,523) (N=4.:88) (~~3,~~s6)Total (N=20,053)a IUU.O IOU.O100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0HJsbandWife3.B 0.2 0.3 3.9Mother 4.8 0.2 0.7 7.3Father 0.6 O. I 0.3 0.02.32.0U.OD aug h ter0.9I 00.1 0.4 0.0 1.2Son • 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.0Brother 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.3Sister 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 2.8Oth er•,omlly.30.200.0 0.4 0.00.0A cqua I ntances 2°•51.4 0.6 1.6 2.8Friend ;. 20.2 8.7 53.9 56.4Boyfriend f·8 1.9 1.2 8.4Girlfriend • 312.50.1 0.3 4.7 0.8Neighbor 1.8 O. I 0.7 6.7 1.0St 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.0ranger 15 53. IUnknown relationship 29:6 ~~:~ 7~:~ ~:j~.25.4aBecause of rOUnding, percents may not add to total.8.28.30.81.40.31.12.30.35.340.55.62.73.22.19.C7.93.96.61.01.53.33.51.20.33.936.13.41.01.91.213.417.80.52.20.30.40.40.50.3O. I0.49.01.70.20.50.59.873.2Source: U.S. Deportment of Justlc t=: d I BIt9~}, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Governmen~'Print~~~ o,~rc:aul~~i)nvestliglation, Crime in the U,ited States.s • " ,p.. Table adapted by SQRCEBOO