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Homicide Rates in the U.S, 1900-2006

Homicide Rates in the U.S, 1900-2006. Possible Explanations. Performance of the economy? Incarceration rates? Policing? (numbers, not strategy) Abortion rates? Alcohol consumption?. The Correlates of Low Homicide Rates among Unrelated Adults

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Homicide Rates in the U.S, 1900-2006

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  1. Homicide Rates in the U.S, 1900-2006

  2. Possible Explanations • Performance of the economy? • Incarceration rates? • Policing? (numbers, not strategy) • Abortion rates? • Alcohol consumption?

  3. The Correlates of Low Homicide Rates among Unrelated Adults Political stability: The belief that government is stable and that its legal and judicial institutions are unbiased and will redress wrongs and protect lives and property. A legitimate government: A feeling of confidence in government and the officials who run it, and a belief in their legitimacy. Fellow feeling, empathy: A feeling of patriotism, empathy, and kinship with other members of society arising from racial, religious, or political solidarity. A legitimate status hierarchy: The belief that the social hierarchy is legitimate, that one’s position in society is or can be satisfactory and that one can command the respect of others without resorting to violence.

  4. Homicide Rate in England and Wales, 1810-1914

  5. Measuring Hostility: “Heretic” and “Zealot” in American English, 1640-1720

  6. Measuring Racial Feeling:“Negro” or “Slave” in American English, 1640-1720 (smoothing 9)

  7. Homicide rate vs. percent who trust the government Source: LaFree (1998).

  8. Mean (1950-2006) = 100 for each series; Scoret = homicide ratet*100/mean

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