Overkill: The Increase in Extremely Violent Homicides
by Steven Gimbel and Gwydion Suilebhan A new study has revealed a troubling development in the state of Maryland: while murder rates fluctuated between 2005 and 2017—first trending downward, then increasing for a few years—the homicides recorded during that period have grown steadily more violent the entire time. According to “Increasing Injury Intensity among 6,500…