'Stand Your Ground' Linked to Increase in Homicides

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22. Reference “Does Strengthening Self-Defense Law Deter Crime or Escalate Violence? Evidence from

Castle Doctrine”

Study says, see http://econweb.tamu.edu/mhoekstra/castle_doctrine.pdf

2.2 Crime Data
Outcome data come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reports(UCR)and cover all 50 states from 2000 –2010. Specifically, we use homicide, burglary, robbery, and aggravated assault data from the official UCR data published online by the FBI.

FBI UCR reports Expanded Homicide Data Table 10
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10shrtbl10.xls

Murder Circumstances by Relationship, 2010

Total 12,996

- Of which 5,657 (43.5%) by Husband, Wife, Mother, Father, Son, Daughter, Brother, Sister, Other family, Acquaintance, Friend, Boyfriend, Girlfriend, Neighbor, Employee, Employer, Stranger, Unknown; Employer

- Of which 7,339 (56.5%) by Stranger, Unknown

Reference study does not mention “domestic” circumstances or other similar circumstances (43.5%) nor make a case for including murders under those circumstances as affected by Stand Your Ground or Castle Doctrine laws.