Hispanic Victims of Lethal Firearms Violence in the United States: 2014 Data
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2016
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Violence Policy Center
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The study found that of the 50,456 Hispanics killed with guns from 1999 through 2014, two thirds of the gun deaths were homicides (33,532, or 66 percent), while 14,431 were suicides (29 percent). The study finds that the overall homicide victimization rate for Hispanics is nearly double the homicide victimization rate for whites. Two thirds of Hispanic homicide victims die by gunfire. For Hispanics ages 15 to 24, homicide ranked as the second leading cause of death. Hispanics were also more likely to be killed by strangers. The study also recommends that government agencies improve the way they collect and report data on Hispanic victims of gun violence and other lethal violence. Because of major limitations in the way public agencies collect information on Hispanic ethnicity, the total number of Hispanic victims of lethal violence is almost certainly even higher than what the study reports data used for this report. Hispanic Victims of Lethal Firearms Violence in the United States is the third edition of the VPC’s annual comprehensive study on lethal gun violence against Hispanics in America. It is based on data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as unpublished information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Supplementary Homicide Report [Information on the Hispanic ethnicity of homicide victims was reported only for the following states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington; no SHR data was collected for Florida or Alabama]. The study is available in both English and Spanish. (Violence Policy Center Press Release)
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Statistics, Data Analysis, Manslaughter, Murder, Shooting, Gang Violence, People of Color, Men of Color, Women of Color, Latinx, Latina, Latino, Spanish, Victim to Offender Relationship
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Langley, Marty; Sugarmann, Josh. (2016). Hispanic Victims of Lethal Firearms Violence in the United States: 2014 Data. Violence Policy Center, 26 pgs.