1.
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4% of homicides occur at
work including the slaying of a taxi driver to slaughter fellow post
office
employees
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2.
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Oklahoma 1992: 8 of
the 72 occupational deaths were from violent acts
National total 1992: 750 violent related deaths
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3.
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40% of women who died on
the job were murdered
#1 cause of job deaths for women in the United States
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4.
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10% of men who died on
the job were murdered
#3 cause of job deaths for women in the United States
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5..
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16% of all violent crimes
or 1 million violent crimes per year
about 100,000 involve offenders armed with handguns
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6.
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8% of all rapes = 13,000
rapes
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7.
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7% of all robberies =
79,100 robberies
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8.
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16% of all assaults -
264,200 aggravated assaults and 615,200 simple assaults
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9.
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and then there are the
"non-violent" crimes
2 million personal thefts
200,000 car thefts
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