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Originally posted by mccoyred
I love all of these types of shows...however, have you noticed that about 90% of the victims are causian females? I know good and well that they are NOT 90% of the general population OR 90% of the murder victims OR murder is not their leading cause of death so....WHY are the cases skewed in this manner?!
50 cents to the GC'er with the correct answer...
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First I love those shows and Law and Order!!! My own $19.08 on the question.
Most victims of murder are at the hands of not only a male but a male of their (the victims) ethnic background. Of course as with any thing in life there are excepetions to the rules. With that in mind most caucasian women are obviously killed by caucasian men, most non-caucasian women who are murdered are usually stabbed or shot by an assailant that is familiar to the victim and has committed the crime leaving OBVIOUS evidence since most non-minority murders are not premeditated. These shows are geared at catching people in ways unimaginable such as a hair follicles or the print of ones shoe track or the fiber from a coat worn by 3% of the population, you get the point. So most non-caucasian female murders that are solved (which would have to be a pre-requisite to be on these shows) were solved by obvious evidence or have not been solved at all. So the requirments which would have to be 1) a solved murder (think about how many non-caucasian women are murdered each year and thier cases go on unsolved) 2) a murdered who tried to conceal the evidence and 3) The resources and man power into investigating a murder. So basically in my mind caucasian female murders are probably commited by assailants who are more likely to conceal evidence and caucasian female murders are probably more of an "importance" in these forensic labs.
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