There has been some back and forth, over in "Common Sense" land on the issue of if most murders are commited by people with criminal records or by people known to the victims.
It seems likely that both of these things are true as per information from the FBI. When taken together what this means is that knowing criminal is dangerous. If criminals commit most murders and they are most likely to murder people they know this conclusion is sound. There could be statistical arrangement which negate this conclusion but the relatively small criminal population and the large non-criminal population make it unlikely that the risk of being murdered by a non-criminal acquaintance is anywhere close to the risk of being murdered by a criminal one.
The question is "Is this information actionable?". On that note I am not sure. It is possible that justifies additional measures, such as monitoring or restricted living arrangements, against convicted criminals after their release from prison. It might even justify the adoption of a measures like exile for some serious offenses, which I personally find more acceptable than civil right restrictions. What would clearly be beneficial is reducing the number of criminals this I think could easily be done by ending prohibition.
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