At 15:04 27/06/2007 +0100, John Barker wrote:
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>Second, is gun and knife crime higher in Black or possibly more
>restricted, Carribean origin communities in Britain than other ethnic groups?
"In 2004-05, there were 78 fatal shootings in England and Wales. Of
these, 40 of the victims were white, 25 black, seven Asian. The
figures do not record the ethnicity of the killers but, by and large,
murderers tend mostly to target members of their own ethnic group.
In 2005-06, there were 50 fatal shootings. Eighteen victims were
white, 19 black and four Asian. That same year, 351 black people were
injured by guns. For whites, injuries totalled 2,952.
The statistics confirm that the problem of gun crime is not unique to
the black community, but they provide stark evidence that the black
community is over-represented to a frightening degree.
According to the 2001 Home Office census, Britain's black community
makes up just 2 per cent of the total population. Yet each year
around a third of all shooting victims are black. About one in 10
victims are of Asian origin, a population that makes up just 4 per
cent of Britain's total."
Source: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2449974.ece
Martin
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