NYPD and race. Census data for New York City indicate that 29.2% of the under-18 population is white, 28.2% black, 31.5% Latino, 9.1% Asian, and 2% other ethnicities. The New York Civil Liberties Union points out that, of 26,181 police officers, 64.8% are white, 14.5% black, 19.1% Hispanic, and 1.4% Asian. Do the police officers reflect the ethnic composition of the city s youth? Test an appropriate hypothesis and state your conclusion.

Violence against women 2005. In its study When Men Murder Women, the Violence Policy Center (www.vpc.org) reported that 1857 women were murdered by men in 2005. Of these victims, a weapon could be identified for 1752 of them. Of those for whom a weapon could be identified, 966 were killed by guns, 390 by knives or other cutting instruments, 136 by other weapons, and 260 by personal attack (battery, strangulation, etc.).

The FBI s Uniform Crime Report says that, among all murders nationwide, the weapon use rates were as follows: guns 63.4%, knives 13.1%, other weapons 16.8%, personal attack 6.7%.

Is there evidence that violence against women involves different weapons than other violent attacks in the United States?