As of ************, one in **** surveyed U.S. adults reported being avid fans of shows and movies about serial killers. The survey revealed that millennials were the most likely generation to consider themselves fans of serial killer video and TV content.

In 2023, there were 14,327 murder offenders in the United States who were male, in comparison to 1,898 who were female. However, there were also 5,279 murder offenders where their gender was unknown. Homicides in the U.S. Murder and non-negligent manslaughter in the United States is defined as the willful killing of another human being. Justifiable homicides, or cases where a felon is killed by an officer in the line of duty or a felon is killed during a felony by a private citizen, are not included in murder counts by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The total number of murders varies from state to state in the U.S., with more populous states having higher numbers of murders. Murder offenders and victims Most murder offenders in the United States are between the ages of 17 and 39, with the number of offenders declining steadily after age 40. Additionally, the highest rate of death by homicide was found among males between the ages of 15 and 24. The highest rate of death by homicide for females was for girls under the age of one.

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The Murder Accountability Project is the most complete database of homicides in the United States currently available. This dataset includes murders from the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Report from 1976 to the present and Freedom of Information Act data on more than 22,000 homicides that were not reported to the Justice Department. This dataset includes the age, race, sex, ethnicity of victims and perpetrators, in addition to the relationship between the victim and perpetrator and weapon used.

Acknowledgements

The data was compiled and made available by the Murder Accountability Project, founded by Thomas Hargrove.

Comprehensive YouTube channel statistics for Serial Killers Documentaries, featuring 840,000 subscribers and 67,319,944 total views. This dataset includes detailed performance metrics such as subscriber growth, video views, engagement rates, and estimated revenue. The channel operates in the Education category and is based in RO. Track 324 videos with daily and monthly performance data, including view counts, subscriber changes, and earnings estimates. Analyze growth trends, engagement patterns, and compare performance against similar channels in the same category.

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This datasheet is an extension of the job of "Murder Accountability Project". In this datasheet is included a vectorial file of states to make easier the labour of geographical plotting.

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The Murder Accountability Project is the most complete database of homicides in the United States currently available. This dataset includes murders from the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Report from 1976 to the present and Freedom of Information Act data on more than 22,000 homicides that were not reported to the Justice Department. This dataset includes the age, race, sex, ethnicity of victims and perpetrators, in addition to the relationship between the victim and perpetrator and weapon used.

Acknowledgements

The data was compiled and made available by the Murder Accountability Project, founded by Thomas Hargrove.

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Can you develop an algorithm to detect serial killer activity?

In 2023, 8,842 murderers in the United States were white, while 6,405 were Black. A further 461 murderers were of another race, including American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. However, not all law enforcement agencies submitted homicide data to the FBI in 2023, meaning there may be more murder offenders of each race than depicted. While the majority of circumstances behind murders in the U.S. are unknown, narcotics, robberies, and gang killings are most commonly identified.

Of the *** recorded homicides in England and Wales in 2023/24, *** of the victims were male, and *** victims were female. During this provided time period, the reporting year with the highest number of homicides was 2017/18, when *** were reported, while 2016/17 had the second-highest of homicides at ***. Male homicide victims outnumber female homicide victims in every reporting year. Vast majority of homicides committed by men Although more likely to be the victims of homicide, men are also responsible for far more homicides than women are, with most homicide suspects being male in England and Wales. Between 2010/11 and 2023/24, there have been ***** men indicted for homicide, compared with *** women. Additionally, a high number of female homicides were perpetrated by people, and usually men, that they knew. Between 2009/10 and 2023, ***** women were killed by their partners or ex-partners, with family members responsible for *** homicides in the same time period. Knives used in significant share of cases Sharp instruments such as knives were used in ** percent of homicides in England and Wales in 2023/24, by far the most of any method of that reporting year. Overall, there were *** knife homicides in this reporting year, compared with just ** homicides where a firearm was used. While shootings are relatively rate in the UK, there has been a substantial increase in knife crime in recent years, with offenses almost doubling between 2013/14 and 2019/20, when knife crime offenses reached a peak of ******.

In the period between 2011 and 2024, the number of homicide victims in Norway peaked in 2011, when *** people were murdered in the country. This includes the fatalities of the terrorist attack on July 22 that year. In the years thereafter, the number of homicide victims was usually between ** and **, but reached ** in 2024. Moreover, the balance between male and female victims was pretty even through the period considered.

Contains: S1_01.csv: Data on road fatalities, linguistic diversity and demographic variables for countries. S1_02.csv: Data on Siestas and morphological complexity. S1_02b/AlgTree_ASJP_Ethno.nwk: Phylogenetic tree of languages. S1_02b/s.csv: Data on Siestas and morphological complexity. S1_02b/Siesta_PhyloLogit.r R script for running phylogenetic generalised estimating equations test. S1_03.csv: Data on population size and extramarital sex frequency. S1_04.csv: Data on genetic correlates of collectivism and migration. S1_05.csv: Data on Tone langauges and Acacia trees. S1_6.csv: Data on Acacia tree and traffic accidents. S1_07.csv: Data on Chocolate consumption and serial killers. (ZIP)

In 2024, there were 222 murders in Germany, and 508 attempted murders resulting in 730 murder cases in that year, compared with 704 cases in the previous year. Between 2000 and 2012, there was a net decrease of 300 murder cases a year in Germany, but in recent years that trend has been reversed, with 2018 showing the largest year-on-year increase in this time period.

This statistic shows a ranking of the most watched television programs on the Discovery Channel during Shark Week in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017. Shark Week refers to a programming block featuring shark-related content, which is aired by Discovery Channel during one week in summer every year. In 2017, Shark Week was broadcast between ******* and *******. During that week, roughly *** thousand viewers watched 'Great White Shark Serial Killer Lives' on Monday, *******.