For national statistics on family
homicide for the year 2002, the source
used in this report was the FBI's
Supplementary Homicide Reports, or
SHR. The FBI compiles detailed
national data on family and nonfamily
homicide from the thousands of law
enforcement agencies across the
Nation. For each criminal homicide, the
SHR record such information as the
age and race of the offender, the
relationship of the victim to the offender,
and the type of weapon used in the
killing