07-01-2008
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Member
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Member Since: May 2006
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 1,116
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Re: A poll for gun owners only
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Originally Posted by DammitBoy!
Actually, the real answer is that these kinds of deaths are on the decline in our country and on the rise in europe and your country.
But you don't see any correlation, so what's the point in discussing it with you?
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So you kind of skimmed over this and missed a few more subtle points huh? -
Australian Bureau of Statistics.
NUMBER OF VICTIMS
Compared to 2006, the number of victims recorded by Australian state and territory police agencies in 2007 decreased for manslaughter, murder, blackmail/extortion, motor vehicle theft, unlawful entry with intent and other theft (table 1). The offence categories recording the largest declines were manslaughter (down 28%) and murder (down 10%). Conversely, there was an increase in the number of victims of robbery (up 4%).
VICTIMISATION RATE
In 2007, the Australian victimisation rates for selected personal offence categories were:
Murder, 1.2 victims per 100,000 persons, down from 1.4 victims in 2006
Attempted murder, 1.2 victims per 100,000 persons, no change from 2006
Kidnapping/abduction, 3.5 victims per 100,000 persons, no change from 2006
Robbery, 86 victims per 100,000 persons, up from 84 victims in 2006
Blackmail/extortion, 2.0 victims per 100,000 persons, down from 2.1 victims in 2006 (table 1)
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@....007&num=&view=
Is that better?
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