The wisdom of targeting these youthful gang members is dramatically validated in the homicide statistics.

"The Americas are so jumpy," said Jameel Ghani Hashim, manager of homicide statistics for the Interior Ministry.

Past homicide statistics were inflated by turf battles among gangs, which is violence in the service of a particular social subculture.

This report is based on data from a nationally representative sample of state inmates in 1991 and from homicide statistics from law enforcement agencies.

No one is watching the rising homicide statistics more closely than Mayor Martin J. O'Malley, a Democrat who was elected in 1999 on a promise to reduce crime.

Researchers say homicide statistics began to climb around the time that crack became popular.

He speculates on the aesthetic appeal of firearms and pores over homicide statistics from the United States and Japan.

Initial studies compared homicide statistics between states using and not using capital punishment, and found no evidence of deterrence (Bailey & Peterson).

Those under age 17 are not overrepresented in homicide statistics.

The homicide statistics listed below are for "intentional homicide", which is "death deliberately inflicted on a person by another person", including justifiable homicide and criminal homicide.