FLORIDA - A STATISTICAL STUDY - AN OFFENDER PROFILE HOMICIDE

• NCJ Number: 27060
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 10 pages
• Grant Number(s): 73-08-10
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Florida Parole Cmssn
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY DEFINING THE AVERAGE HOMICIDE OFFENDER, ONE OF SIX OFFENSE PROFILES ON SELECTED OFFENSES FROM DATA COLLECTED ON 3986 INCOMING INMATES DURING THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1972 TO OCTOBER 1974.

Abstract

THE DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT USED WAS THE FLORIDA PAROLE AND PROBATION COMMISSION'S PAROLE INFORMATION AND PREDICTION FORM. A CHART FOR EACH OF THE 13 VARIABLES USED IN THE PROFILE IS INCLUDED. BASED ON A SUBPOPULATION OF 417 THE AVERAGE HOMICIDE OFFENDER HAS THE FOLLOWING PROFILE: HE IS A BLACK MALE (46% OR 193) WITH SOME HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION (36% OR 148); USES ALCOHOL MODERATELY (57% OR 237); HAS NO KNOWN HISTORY OR USE OF DRUGS (74% OR 309); WAS ARRESTED SEVEN OR MORE TIMES (25% OR 103); HAS NO PRIOR PRISON COMMITMENTS (75% OR 314); HAS NO PRIOR MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS (57% OR 238); HAS HAD NO PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS (66% OR 276); WAS NOT COMMITTED AS A JUVENILE (84% OR 344); HAS NEVER ESCAPED (95% OR 395); HAS NEVER BEEN ON PROBATION (90% OR 377) OR PAROLE (91% OR 378); AND HAS NEVER VIOLATED PAROLE (94% OR 393). FOR THE COMPANION STUDIES SEE THE FOLLOWING NCJ-NUMBERED DOCUMENTS: 27054, 27061, 27062, 27063, 27064. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)