what is the average age of murder victims in america? (homicides)

[civic94]

Just want to know.

[wit-nit]

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Crime age patterns.
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/apvsvc.pdf

[jasper12]

Sadly, I would have guessed under age 12.

[virgode]

Originally Posted by wit-nit

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Crime age patterns.
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/apvsvc.pdf

I searched and couldn't find anything newer than 1998 statistics, these date from 1992-1994 , almost 20yrs ago.

[wit-nit]

^^^I doubt if the percentages ahave changed very much.

Here is some later stats on homicides up to 2005. http://dailykenn.com/522.pdf

You can google many sexual assoult sites for a breakdown by age, gender, race for sex crimes.

[Cliffie]

I have always heard that the vast majority of homicide victims are young adults, usually male. Looks like wit-nit's link pretty much matches up with that.