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dutchy pink · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Location: Incheon

i just read about an ex-cop who killed his girlfriend. i started wondering, what "profession" has the most people that eventually commit murder. I did a quick search, but nothing.
My gut feeling?
Cops.
Any light on this?

tfunk · Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Location: Dublin, Ireland

Dentistry as a profession has the highest suicide rate and teaching isn't far off in terms of suicide rates so they've got nothing to lose.

The unemployed tend to get up to no good but then again that's not a profession....but nursing leads to unemployment (because of the stressful work load) so I'd say unemployed surgeons (I always thought that to operate on a live body you have to be unnaturally dispassionate or dedicated...so being fired from being a surgeon would definitely twist you up considering it's such a hard job to get in the first place).

I choose b. (Where has the link for the poll gone?)

dutchy pink · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Location: Incheon

i mean murdering other people.
suicide doesn't count.
just straight up murder.

Hopelessly Human · Joined: 03 Oct 2006

Mob hitmen probably do a lot of murdering.

faster · Joined: 03 Sep 2006

Hopelessly Human · Joined: 03 Oct 2006

dutchy pink · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Location: Incheon

serial killers don't count.
nor do hit men.
Jack K. is also not included.

SeoulShakin · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

My first instincts here would be either postal workers, or air traffic controllers. High stress = nutty people (not all of them I know).

In my hometown, I seem to vaguely recall a postal worker who went.... well postal, and murdered his entire family.

Who knows.

nick_shawyer · Joined: 17 Jul 2007 Location: Seoul

army infantry

JMO · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Location: Daegu

Executioner?

dogshed · Joined: 28 Apr 2006

Foreign English teachers in Korea.

Don Gately · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:19 pm Post subject: Re: murder by profession

browneyedgirl · Joined: 17 Jul 2007

PeterDragon · Joined: 15 Feb 2007

Cops are certainly most lkely to be able to get AWAY with murder. My gut feeling also says cops, if youcount all the times that urban police shoot and kill someone for no good reason/corrupt reasons/etc... in the line of duty.

If you mean CONVICTED murder rates, than low paying professions have the highest. It's much easier to get convicted of a crime-even one you didn't do--- if you're poor.

happeningthang · Joined: 26 Apr 2003

My first instinct is cops as well.

I had an interesting drunken conversation with a detective on one occassion, who gave me all the news you could use on how to get away with killing someone.

Nothing more than what you'd see on The Unit, but I always thought it was a good thing, if you're going to kill someone, that NO-ONE knows, or even suspects you were involved. According to this guy the people who do get away with it make sure no evidence gets to court.

There was a case in my hometown where a retired detective turned barmen gunned down a member of a bikie gang, who'd insulted his daughter. Everyone knew it was him, but he knew the tricks to get away with it - things like washing in lime juice to remove traces of gunpowder.

Didn't help him when the bikies blew up his car with him inside.