New paper on number of justifiable homocides, and why the FBI under counts them...

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Why the FBI's Justifiable Homicide Statistics are a Deceptive Measure of Defensive Gun Use by Clayton E. Cramer :: SSRN

 

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WHY THE FBI’S JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE STATISTICS ARE A DECEPTIVE MEASURE OF DEFENSIVE GUN USE

In many cases, such a “sudden combat” might not be a reportable offense under the UCR program. It is clear why law enforcement agencies might well be uncertain how to categorize a homicide committed under such circumstances. In many cases, excusable homicide does not fit the FBI’s very narrow definition of justifiable homicide.

If the only data available were the FBI’s justifiable homicide table, this would be an interesting question to determine if the FBI’s definition understates actual defensive killings. If you want to know how many civilians kill criminals each year, you need to look at not only justifiable homicides, but also the “sudden combat” excusable homicides. Let’s call this combination of civilian justifiable homicides (CJHs) and the “sudden combat” excusable homicides “civilian legal defensive homicides” (CLDHs).

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