Firearm and crime stats from the FBI.

**submessenger** · Posted On: 12/05/2012 1:49pm

Originally Posted by Scrapper

I get 60% average deviation when ranking murder vs poverty and a 90% average deviation when I do murder v Urbanization.

Something is missing...

I have a possibly false recollection that murderers tend to be above-average intelligence. Can you cross-ref with education level?

**Scrapper** · Posted On: 12/05/2012 1:57pm

you are thinking of serial killers. But i can try. this stuff takes a long time to dig up though, so bear with me.

or help...

**doofaloofa** · Posted On: 12/05/2012 2:08pm

So

take out DC and every thing will look a lot rosier

**submessenger** · Posted On: 12/05/2012 2:12pm

Originally Posted by Scrapper

you are thinking of serial killers. But i can try. this stuff takes a long time to dig up though, so bear with me.

or help...

Ah, yes. Still, won't hurt to try:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ion_attainment

**Scrapper** · Posted On: 12/05/2012 2:19pm

Some of my formulas were screwed up previously, here is the gist:

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**submessenger** · Posted On: 12/05/2012 2:59pm

I didn't go to the spreadsheets, but I didn't see any immediate correlation between murder and either population density or education - so far, poverty is our best predictor.

I wonder if the trying to correlate the type of murder (murder 1, murder2, manslaughter, etc.) or "reason," for murder (crime of passion, financial gain, depression, etc.) would have a discernible demographic or geographic dimension... I'll try to find some stats along these lines to play with.

**submessenger** · Posted On: 12/05/2012 3:13pm

Originally Posted by jk55299

I think serial killers tend to be perceived as having a higher IQ because they usually are able to conceal their crimes by having no connection to the victim. So they seem more clever because they are able to elude the police

Just to nail this coffin:
http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Seria...iller%20IQ.htm

FBI expanded offense data for Homicides (all sorts of nifties, here): http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr...d-offense-data

**W. Rabbit** · Posted On: 12/05/2012 3:48pm

Originally Posted by jk55299

I think serial killers tend to be perceived as having a higher IQ because they usually are able to conceal their crimes by having no connection to the victim. So they seem more clever because they are able to elude the police

"Serial" killings have nothing to do with intelligence, concealing the crimes, or having connection to victims.

Serial killings are recurring murders that are unique events, as opposed to a single event.

If you kill ten people at a party, you are a mass murderer.

If you kill 1 person a day for 10 days, you are a serial killer.