January 12, 2012, 12:05 AM
Monterey County had the highest youth homicide rate in California in 2010, followed by Alameda County, according to an analysis conducted by the Violence Policy Center, a nonprofit group focused on curbing firearms violence. The homicide rate for 10- to 24-year-olds in Monterey County,...
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May 16, 2011, 12:05 AM
Four years ago, Oakland preteens and teens were statistically more likely to die in a firearm homicide than kids in nearly all other major U.S. cities. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report on firearm deaths in metropolitan areas [PDF] in 2006 and 2007,...
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March 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
California’s homicide detectives have been criticized in recent years for producing one of the lowest murder clearance rates in the nation. In 2005, police across the state closed 49.9 percent of homicide cases, according to data produced by the California Department of Justice....
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February 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
Black youth and young adults are nearly five times more likely to be killed in California than the average young Californian. The disparity was even wider for black males, who have a homicide rate more than 14 times that of whites and nearly four times that of Hispanics. Those...
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January 27, 2010, 1:10 AM
The redesigned Los Angeles Times Homicide Report went live yesterday, combining a searchable database and interactive maps with blog posts and reader memorials to the victims. While the number of homicides in Los Angeles County "declined considerably each year, from 938 victims in 2007 to...
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