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Murder 2018
Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Table 1
Number of offenses 16,214
Rate per 100,00 population 5.0
Number of offenders 16,335
Number of victims 14,123
Male 77%
Number of arrests 9,049
Male 88%
Clearance rate 62.3%
Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Tables 1, 2, 25, 30, 42 and Expanded Homicide Data Tables 2 and 3
Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Table 43 Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Table 43 and Expanded Homicide Table 2 Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Table 38 and Expanded Homicide Table 2
Victim age category data for 18-24 actually includes 17 year olds because of the way the UCR breaks down age categories Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Expanded Homicide Data Table 8
Frank Heley graduated from North Dakota State University with a BS in Criminal Justice in 2009, a MS in Criminal Justice Administration in 2012, and a PhD in Criminal Justice, with a focus on policing, in 2018, and is a current member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He has worked as a security supervisor in the hospitality field, as a drug and alcohol researcher, and as a criminal justice instructor, as well as having been a private investigator for 21 years. Under the auspice of the Center for Criminological Inquiry, he currently conducts independent research and provides consulting services.
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