A parent is the perpetrator in most homicides of children under age 5

[AllieBaba]

because Christians in America and elsewhere are on a campaign to show that marriage is so sacred and that marriages are for having children and that children need a mommy and a daddy? one can do statistics to show how dangerous Christian parents can be to the health of a child.

Spare me. You're so full of shit.

 

[Agnapostate]

actually, the amount of children killed by parents pales in comparison to youth on youth violence.

Annually, about 600 children are killed in the U.S., most of them by parents.

Bureau of Justice Statistics Homicide trends in the U.S.: Infanticide

In comparison, juvenile offenders (those under 18), are responsible for literally thousands of violent crimes:

These are 2007 statistics:

Murder: 796
Robbery: 20,963
Aggravated Assault: 37,173
Arson: 5,037

Total Violent Crime: 61,343

Now, UCR only reports on arrested person data which means that the overall rate of victimization by juveniles towards juveniles and others is not known.

However, the national crime victimization survey (BJA, 2005), noted from self-report data that juveniles are victimized at a rate of 2.5 times that of adults and that MOST of those crimes are committed by OTHER JUVENILES.

Juveniles make up a disproportionately small percentage of the population considering their rate of violent offending.

However, in all fairness, the most criminally involved group is 18-24 year olds, and juvenile crime rates have dropped substantially from their highs in the early to mid 1990s. I would say that gangs played a huge role in those high levels of violence.

Once again, you have committed the most elementary failure in not distinguishing between income and poverty levels among youth. When you do, you often find little discrepancy between youth and older adults.

I don't necessarily deny that crime rates spike at a young age, (which itself is probably related to the socioeconomic disenfranchisement of youth that I elaborated on and that you denied), but youth crime rates have consistently been falling, while the crime rates of older adults have often risen.

Another elementary error is relying on arrest data to draw conclusions, while not considering the obvious factor of law enforcement bias against youth. This has traditionally been a major factor that must be considered when analyzing arrest data. For instance, consider the manner in which nonbiased speeding cameras affected older adults.

Why speed cameras hit over-60s hardest

Older drivers are six times more likely to be fined for speeding than a decade ago, according to a study which also reveals that young motorists have adapted far better to the increased use of speed cameras.

The number of older offenders may be higher partly because, unlike a police officer, a speed camera has no discretion, the study author says. Most speed enforcement a decade ago was carried out by traffic police, who often gave older drivers a verbal warning rather than a ticket.

 

[AllieBaba]

One strange thing is that this actually spans more topics.

Statistically more child murders are committed by their own parents than any others. So I see the connection to christianity, since they claim it is the dominant religion in the US then most child murderers would be christian.

Most child murderers are substance abusers. That's what it comes down to.

And it's split right down the middle between natural fathers and male friends of the mom's.

 

[AllieBaba]

The teen crowd has ALWAYS been at super-high risk for homicide. They are the risk takers, the out-of-control yet big enough to be dangerous group. We see large numbers of homicides in that group because they aren't married, they belong to gangs, and they haven't completely gotten a grip on their emotions yet or recognized their own mortality.

 

[KittenKoder]

Most child murderers are substance abusers. That's what it comes down to.

And it's split right down the middle between natural fathers and male friends of the mom's.

Whoever raises the child is the parent, also the even split is between male parent (father) and female parent (mother) though no gay parents (where both are male or female) ... how odd is that.

Also, most are NOT substance abusers, mentally unbalanced yes, but few substance abusers even have access to their children.

 

[KittenKoder]

The teen crowd has ALWAYS been at super-high risk for homicide. They are the risk takers, the out-of-control yet big enough to be dangerous group. We see large numbers of homicides in that group because they aren't married, they belong to gangs, and they haven't completely gotten a grip on their emotions yet or recognized their own mortality.

A bit of a English lesson:

Homicide is the act of killing another of the same species, accidents are not homicide. Also, married or not, that never effects the statistics for how at risk one is of death. Gangs ... well, that does result in a larger number of homicides than most, but most are adults only a handful are children, and of those that are child homicides almost all were from 'stray bullets' or accidental in some other way. Learn more sometime ... mmkay?