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------------------ ------~---Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Table 3.69 Murders and nonnegligent manslaughters known to police, by age, sex, race, and ethnicity of victim, United States, 1981Age of victimTotalPercentInfant (under I)I to 45 to 910 to 1415 to 1920 to 2425 to 293U to 3435 to 3940 to 4445 to 4950 to 5455 to 5960 to 646S to 6970 to 7475 and olderUnknownNJTE: See NJTES, Tables 3.56 and 3.62.Total number ___ Se-: of victim Race of victim Ethnicity of victimof murders andnonnegligentAmericanIndian or Asian ormanslaughtersUnknownWhite Black Native IslanderAlaskan Pael ficNJmber Percent Male FemaleUn··knownNan-Hispanic Hispanic Unknown20,053X1823121562141,5883,2953,31U2,7481,8051,4011,1021,049808571:J374285477369X 15,4911IUO.O a 77.30.91.6O.S1.17.916.416.513.79.U7.05.55.l4.02.91.91.42.41.897168921061,1902,5872,6712,2281,4451,1328728556354372601932492814,53822.685141,6410839870863952036U2692301941731411149222871aBecause of rounding, percents may not add to total.17 10,8310.1 54.0Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States, 1981 (Washington, D.C.:Printing Office, 1982), p. 10.oooo17116175951278931,6951,5891,3509367926365934873472401883532198,78243.86013U56836581,5291,6581,34182658445043330922412890119104Il50.622II1025281410124fj22oII21850.9353o1326243221109I~83554213U0.6IoI31420IIII1233322IIo422,737 11,98213.6 59.821271623330542506385252205118846B251617IS87III191791158461,9531,9661,6311,0718476996785323832421793271325,33426.650946176412BOO83873248234928528720817011689135150U.S. GovernmentTable 3.70 Murders and nonnegligent mam;(augilters known to police, by race, sex, and ethnicity of victim and offender, United States,1981Characteristicsof victimRace:WhiteBlockAmerican Indianor Alaskan NativeAsian or PacificIslanderUnknownSex:MaleFemaleUnknownEthnicity:HispanicNan-HispanicUnknownTotalNJTE: See NOTES, Tables 3.56 and 3.62. During 1981, 16,456 offenders were identified inconnection with the murder of 14,728 victims. These data pertain only to the 12,247 murders andnonnegligent manslaughters in which there was a single offender and a single victim.Totalvictims6,2125,8118694449,3742,829441,4337,8182,99612,247Totaloffenders6,2125,8118694449,3742,829441,4337,B182,99612,247White5,4442742426124,2511,517121,2353,3121,'2335,780Black6835,5187II44,96111,2514IB44,35~1,6&16,22327653Io6B19o361238723356o6023o5717833510o282719285,4344,6547283167,6952,548166 1,31522 6,45646 2,48874 10,259SexFemale7431,14713IIo1,652262o1121,3404621,914EthnicitySource: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of InVestigation, Crime in the United States, 1981 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. GovernmentPrinting Office, 19112), p. B.3510o28'l7192862246741,2901416II21,21023821,180206641,4503,5664,069617545,nl1,85041987,555227,775Character isties of offenderRaceAmericanIndian or Asian orAlaskan Pacific Un­Native Islander known MaleUn-NanknownHispanic HispanicUnknown1,3561,6011983112,2437413855572,9103,022iIilIIMl1!II i!jIIfa-ITable 3.71 Percent distribution of robberies known to police, bytype of weapon used, United States, 1974-81Year1974197519761977197819791980191:l1NJTE: See NJTE:.S, Tables 3.56 and 3.62.(Percent)Type of weaponKnifeor othercutting Other Strong-Firearm Instrument weapon armed454543424140404U1312131313131313888B99993435363737383838Nature and Distribution of Known Offenses100100100100100100100100aBe cause of rounding, percents may not add to total.Totalnumber ofrobberies422,989444,937410,651391,128408,358458,749530,070548,038~ou~ce: !-l'S,. Department of JUstice, Federal Bureau ofInvestigation, Crime In the United States 1974 pp 26 160 197526, 160; ~d6, pp. 21, 153; 1971, pp. 19, '15J;f~m: pp: 19, ;li1iiI'9~~'pp. 18, I ; 1980, pp. 19, T'7'3;" 1981, pp. 18, 144 (Washington ' DC:U.S. Government Printing Office). Table adapted by SCLRCEBCxi