Black youths face rising gun death rates in several states
A study notes that homicide rates among young black men surpassed 100 per 100000 in California Florida Michigan Missouri New York and DC with a rise from the early 1980s through 1987 and continuing into 1988. Experts cite firearms access poverty discrimination and gang violence as key factors.
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Los Angeles
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Frederick P Rivara
Harborview Injury Prevention Center
Seattle
FBI
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New York
Michigan
California
District of Columbia
Missouri
Homicide Leading Death Cause for Young Black Males
The CDC report shows homicide as the top death cause for black males aged 15 to 24. In 1987 it accounted for 42 percent of deaths in this group, with 20,315 killed from 1978 to 1987, averaging 73.1 per 100,000. Firearms were involved in 78 percent of these homicides.
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CDC
Rise in urban youth killings traced to baby boomerang wave
The piece notes record violence among young Black men in 1990 with killings tied to drugs, money, and personal disputes. Lt. Joe Hladky cites disregard for life as a disturbing trend while James A. Fox links rising homicide to the aging baby boomer generation and their children reaching prime murder years.
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Joe Hladky
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
James A. Fox
National Crime Analysis Program
Northeastern University
Boston
Fox
Victims Not Just Statistics In City Violence
The report highlights real people behind homicide numbers with cases from Boston and Hyattsville. Kimberly Harbour, 26, was slain after being raped and bludgeoned in Dorchester Park, while James Stanley Bias III, 20, was shot in a Hyattsville parking lot.
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Kimberly Rae Harbour
Boston
Harbour
Dorchester
Bias
Washington, D.C
Maryland
Prince George's County
James Stanley Bias III
Jay
Prince George's Plaza
Hyattsville
Leland Memorial Hospital
Riverdale
Len Bias
Violence described as a dangerous American marriage
A speaker warns that violence will worsen in coming years. He cautions that the public may be in a fatal “marriage” with violence unless steps are taken, noting the strong fascination with violence while stressing real danger ahead.
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Erika Taylor
Komar
Norplant birth control method eyed for February rollout
Population Council researchers say a new implant birth control, Norplant, could hit the market after FDA approval. Wyeth-Ayerst plans physician training and a price around 200 to 300 dollars, with broad use in 16 countries where half a million users report low failure rates.
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Population Council
Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories
Philadelphia
Council
Samuel A. Pasquale
Robert Wood Johnson Resin School
New Brunswick
Pasquale
Bardin
Wyeth-Ayerst
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Wyeth- Ayerst
Ashby
Lisa Kaeser
Alan Guttmacher Institute
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