WDF, 22% of serial killers are blacks, but they all can sit down?
While there isn't too many women serial killers, there are a couple. certainly a fraction of male ones but not no women serial killers
She's referring to the majority of serial killers, who the average serial killer is. For instance, she also mentions that the age of the typical serial killer vary from 20-35. But obviously, that doesn't mean that a serial killer can't be younger or older than that.
All these voices in my head, and not a single one I understand.
22% of the serial killers are black; which is higher than their 13% share of the population. So telling all the blacks to sit down is patently wrong from the start
Why do you have tape over your mouth, are you mute?
It was a stupid & obnoxious exercise. It reinforces the concept of profiling, which is junk science. It also creates a massively false impression of the risk in the minds of the women in the audience, since 56% of homicides where the relationship is known are by someone the victim knew, and 25% are by a family member.
So having a room full of strangers stand up like "These are the people you need to fear" is really misguided.
If *I* were giving the lecture, I would say "don't worry about serial killers; don't worry about random muggers. Simply stay aware of your surroundings, be wary of situations you can't easily escape from, be safe, and remember that you are [x] times more likely to live to a ripe old age than to be murdered."
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