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In reply to the discussion: Who kills women with guns? [View all]GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)Yes, it has been know for a long time that a person is more likely to be murdered by someone they know, than by a stranger. Since people tend to understand data in terms of the world they know, and most people are law-abiding, they think in terms of the people they know as being more dangerous than stranger.
What most people don't think about, because it isn't part of their world, is that Mafia members know each other, gangbangers know each other, drug dealers know both their suppliers and their customers, loan sharks and bookies know their customers, pimps know their prostitutes and johns, thieves know their fences, and so on. Get the idea? The criminal underground all know each other and they settle disputes violently.
If you are not part of the criminal world, then you are very safe from those you know. Your greatest danger then becomes strangers.