I have never found comprehensive crime statistics for LEOs or any other profession. I've been looking for a long time. I'd like to see the numbers for lawyers, judges, elected officials, and physicians.
- Jim
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- Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:53 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Interesting statistics I found when browsing the CHL website
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- Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:35 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Interesting statistics I found when browsing the CHL website
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Re: Interesting statistics I found when browsing the CHL website
I don't see where you're getting these numbers.jlangton wrote:For 2006 there were 258,162 CHL's and 587 were convicted of some kind of criminal activity...
The 2002 report is here: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administra ... rt2002.pdf
The total number of convictions is 74, not 301.
The 2006 report is here: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administra ... rt2006.pdf
The total number of convictions of CHL holders is 140, not 587.
These numbers are mainly weapons-related and assault. They do not include convictions for offenses like theft and DUI.
Another thing to look at is licenses revoked. A license should be automatically revoked if the license holder is convicted of a class B misdemeanor or worse. Here's the report for 2006: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administra ... evoked.pdf
In 2006, 332 licenses were revoked. That number sets an upper limit on the number of CHLs convicted. Some may be revoked for causes other than conviction, such as mental illness, giving false information on their application, or being in default on child support.
- Jim
- Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Interesting statistics I found when browsing the CHL website
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Re: Interesting statistics I found when browsing the CHL website
Some things to keep in mind here:
Rare events generally do not show trends. Take commercial airline crashes as an example. There might be zero to ten a year worldwide. Sometimes we go years straight with no fatal crashes. There's no trend. They are purely random events.
Let's look at specific offenses, only for CHL holders:
Aggravated sexual assault of a child, as heinous as it is, does not generally involve weapons.
I don't know how a CHL holder can be charged with Unlawful Carrying Weapons. These cases were probably plea bargains from something else. It's a victimless crime in any case.
Most of the other offenses are trivial or have very low numbers, like 1 or 2 a year.
Compare this to the tens of thousands of non-CHL-holders convicted of violent felonies like murder, rape, and robbery.
I should also mention that only people age 17 and over are charged with criminal offenses in Texas, with rare exceptions. The population of Texas is young, and several million are below that age.
- Jim
Rare events generally do not show trends. Take commercial airline crashes as an example. There might be zero to ten a year worldwide. Sometimes we go years straight with no fatal crashes. There's no trend. They are purely random events.
Let's look at specific offenses, only for CHL holders:
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Offense 2002 2006
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AGG SEXUAL ASSAULT CHILD 7 3
ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJ 12 21
MURDER 1 1
UNL CARRYING WEAPON 18 23I don't know how a CHL holder can be charged with Unlawful Carrying Weapons. These cases were probably plea bargains from something else. It's a victimless crime in any case.
Most of the other offenses are trivial or have very low numbers, like 1 or 2 a year.
Compare this to the tens of thousands of non-CHL-holders convicted of violent felonies like murder, rape, and robbery.
I should also mention that only people age 17 and over are charged with criminal offenses in Texas, with rare exceptions. The population of Texas is young, and several million are below that age.
- Jim