A colleague of mine is doing some interesting work on a visual sociological theme in Philadelphia and is wondering if anybody has accurate information (or knows anybody who has accurate information or where it might be found) on contemporary homicide rates in Philadelphia using conventional criteria of homicide - victims/perpetrators - age, gender, ethnicity (including those who are from Mexico, Central and Latin America as well as those defined as African-American or Caucasian), and class (as regards Class I am not sure what categories are used - Erik Olin Wright's would be useful, failing that occupation and failing that statuts categories), then circumstances of deaths etc. etc.

I can be contacted at pearcef@sympatico.ca and will foreword any replies.

Best wishes

Frank Pearce,
Department of Sociology,
Queen's University