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Ramsus
Sep 14, 2002

by Hand Knit

lonesomedwarf posted:

why are so many serial killers gay? why are so many white? well as we know only those with power can abuse it. so it follows that the most powerful, that is, a homosexual white male, is most known for killing and eating his victims

From some butthole on yahoo:

quote:

FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
October 2006
Volume 75
Number 10
Editor John E. Ott

"A lack of understanding of base rates can lead to misinterpreting research findings and forensic results. Consider the oft-quoted fact, “Serial killers are usually white males.” While technically correct, at least for the United States, this statement is incomplete. To understand it properly, the relevant base rates also must be considered. Three different studies of serial murderers found black offender proportions of 16, 20, and 20 percent, and female offender proportions of 9, 10, and 16 percent. According to the 2000 census, the U.S. population is 75 percent white and 49 percent male. So, while disproportionately male, the only reason most serial killers in the United States are white is because most of the population is white. More important, all else being equal, serial killers are less likely to be white in predominantly black or Hispanic areas."

Other ethnicities involved: African American, Hispanic, Native American, Arab, African, and Asian. Females have consistently only accounted for 16% of all serial killers known since 1800. The African American incidence is rising, from 10% of the total in 1975 to 21% of the total in 2004.

The percentage of African American offenders is rising due to the following factors:

1. Most databases for white serial killers include data from 1900, with many databases going back as far as 1790 – 1800.

2. The explosion in crime which followed the integration of black and white populations led to significant procedural and technical improvements in crime reporting, and greater equality in the application of these improvements to both populations.

3. With improved reporting since the 1950-1960s, the incidence of black serial murder compared to the total for the white population since 1790 has increased with each passing year.

Black people proportionally win again.

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