Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!aero!aipna.ed.ac.uk From: cam@aipna.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: another woman killed while jogging Message-ID: <3637@aipna.ed.ac.uk> Date: 10 Dec 90 03:04:28 GMT References: <3895@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: nadel@aerospace.aero.org Reply-To: Chris Malcolm Organization: Dept of AI, Edinburgh University, UK. Lines: 16 Approved: nadel@aerospace.aero.org Status: R In article <3895@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> rainbow@Eng.Sun.COM (queen of infinite space) writes: >and this morning's program discussed the high increase >of violence against women. They spoke of another woman >jogger out at Inspiration Point in Tilden Park who was >killed in daylight by her assailant. Women are no >longer safe leaving their houses, and some would add that >we're not even safe _in_ our houses. What are the comparative statistics? I thought that the most likely category of person to be assaulted or killed on the street was a teenage male, by a VERY considerable factor. It's certainly the case in the UK, and I thought it was in the US too. -- Chris Malcolm cam@uk.ac.ed.aipna +44 31 667 1011 x2550 Department of Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh University 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK DoD #205