Thursday, June 05, 2025

Good news! "murders in the U.S. are very concentrated, and they are becoming even more so"


Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 04:37:15 AM EDT
Subject: Murders in US Are Very Concentrated, and They Are Becoming Even More So


Abstract

While murders and other violent crime in Los Angeles County and some other major urban areas have spread out to parts of those counties that didn't previously experience much crime, nationwide murders appear to be coming even more concentrated in a small set of counties. When it comes to murder, there are three types of counties in the United States. Most counties experience no murders, a smaller set where there are a few murders, and then a tiny set of counties where murders are very common. In 2020, 52% of counties (with 10% of the population) had no murders. 68% of counties have no more than one murder, and about 18% of the population. These counties account for only 2.6% of all murders in the country. The worst 1% of counties (the worst 31 counties) have 21% of the population and 42% of the murders. The worst 2% of counties (62 counties) contain 31% of the population and 56% of the murders. The worst 5% of counties contain 47% of the population and account for 73% of murders. But even within those counties, the murders are very heavily concentrated in small areas.


Lott, John R., Murders in US Are Very Concentrated, and They Are Becoming Even More So (January 17, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4325838 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4325838




2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did he get paid for coming up with that research without naming blacks and mex?

Concentrated=minority cities. Thank goodness 70% of the people(Whites) don't have to worry about being shot dead on a day to day basis.


--GRA

Anonymous said...

"ACCIDENT" OR nEGRO TRICK SHOT? IN CONCENTRATED NIGADELPHIA,APARTMENT DWELLER, PLAYING WITH A RIFLE, SHOOTS A BLAST THROUGH HIS FLOOR,HITTING ANOTHER TENANT IN THE BACK--WILL THERE BE CHARGES?

(nbc10)A man is hospitalized in critical condition after police said he was accidentally shot while sleeping in an apartment in West Philadelphia.

Police said the incident happened around 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, inside an apartment on the 400 block of North 61st Street.


According to police, a preliminary investigation revealed that a 52-year-old man was handling a rifle inside the apartment complex on the second floor when it accidentally discharged.


The bullet went through the floor of the second-floor apartment and then through the ceiling of a first-floor apartment and hit a 65-year-old man while he was lying in bed with his wife.

The man has been shot in the back and taken to the hospital in critical condition. Police said the wife was not injured.

The man with the gun and two witnesses were taken to police headquarters for questioning.

Investigators are trying to determine if charges should be filed.

GRA:Stay home after midnight and STILL get shot in the back--probably nignapped.

Can't win in some concentrated cities.

--GRA