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U.S. Murder Rate Increases Again

Loaded on April 15, 1992 published in Prison Legal News April, 1992, page 8
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime, Statistics/Trends. Location: United States of America.
The nation's murder rate for 1991 reached its highest level in a decade, topping 24,000 for the first time, figures indicate.

Based on a survey of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the Senate Judiciary Committee estimates there were 24,020 homicides last year, up 580 from 23,440 slayings reported …

 

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