Seventy-four percent of those shot fatally have been black and Hispanic, according to a report, "A History of Violence," compiled through open-records requests made by the group Dallas Communities Organizing for Change.
Six out of 10 Afghans view corruption as a bigger problem than violence, the dossier, compiled by the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), found.
While comprehensive data on the victims of drug-related violence is not available, analysis of a subsample of drug-related crimes reported in newspapers between 2006 and 2012 provides an idea of the civilian cost (the Violence and Victims Monitor dataset, compiled by the Trans-border Institute).
Sadly, the appeasement and/or approval of a few loud, moneyed extremists from the gun lobby is more valued in the Senate than the voices of families devastated by gun violence or the knowledge compiled by health care providers and researchers.
In the first four months of this year, more than a hundred trans people were murdered, according to data compiled by the Transgender Violence Tracking Portal.
According to data compiled by the Center for Disease Control, domestic violence is among the most dangerous and common forms of gender-based violence in the United States.
According to statistics compiled by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence from the National Domestic Violence Hotline, the notion that domestic violence increases during holidays is largely a myth.
At least 5,204 people have been killed since the sectarian violence erupted last December, according to a tally compiled by the AP.
Its information on trends in violence in previous years often corresponded closely to information compiled by the NATO-led coalition, the International Security Assistance Force.
The violence has spiked in recent months, according to tallies compiled by the Mexican news media, with the killing of a gubernatorial candidate in Tamaulipas on Monday provoking particular outrage.
