Re: ### 10-Year-Old Charged In Father's Shooting Death <= more American Gun MADNESS! ###
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:21:25 -0500, "NotMe" wrote:
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>"Lookout" : >:
>: >: Sure I do. How many times have you heard about a 10 year old killing
>: >: an adult OTHER THAN with a gun?
>: >
>: >Actually more than I've heard about the act being done with a gun. Might
>: >add that the ratio of unsuccessful attempts is greater for other methods
>as
>: >well.
>:
>: Cite? And we're talking death, not attempts.
>:
>: >I know you'll think this a cop out but I can't provided details as the
>data
>: >in covered under the NDA I've signed. Further since the incidents
>involved
>: >someone under age and under the protection of the court the data is not
>: >available otherwise.
>: >
>: Unless you can prove it it's not valid.
>
>Sorry but I'm not about to risk contempt of court to satisfy your needs.
>
>If you are really interested this is a place to start.
>
>http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/8/5/5/9/p185593_index.html
>
>Abstract:
>
>This paper offers a content analysis of electronic news reports of parricide
>cases occurring in the United States. An extensive search of online
>databases identified 150 unique cases of children killing parents reported
>in the news media. Data pertaining to incidents, case-related variables
>(e.g., weapons used, other charges) and the processing of offenders from the
>initial charge through conviction and sentencing are examined in this
>article. To the extent possible, media accounts are used to classify cases
>according to motive and Heide's three types of parricide offenders (severely
>abused, severely mentally ill, and dangerously antisocial). The accuracy of
>online coverage of U.S. parricide incidents is assessed using two types of
>resources: officially reported national statistics on known parricidal
>incidents and the psychological/psychiatric literature on matricide and
>patricide. Comparisons of news accounts of media-reported U.S. parricide
>cases with Supplementary Homicide Report data indicated, as predicted by
>media and crime experts, that electronic media coverage of parricide cases
>focused on the more sensational, horrifying, and unusual parricides, namely
>those incidents involving multiple victims, multiple offenders, juvenile
>offenders, and female killers. Analyses of these media accounts by offender
>age found 13 significant differences between juvenile and adult parricide
>offenders. Ten of these 13 differences related to motive and Heide's
>parricide offender types and were consistent with the mental health related
>literature in this area. The limitations and directions for future research
>are discussed at length.
>
>There are a number of related studies, you have to pay for access.
>
So you have no numbers?
You still haven't proven anything.
date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:42:07 -0500
author: Lookout
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