Explaining the Long-Term Trend in Violent Crime: A Heuristic Scheme and Some Methodological Considerations
There has been a discontinuous but fairly persistent long-term decline in homicide rates in core European countries since about 1500. Since the 1950s, however, we observe an upward trend in violent crime not only in Europe but in almost all of the economically advanced nations that combine democrati...
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Language: | English |
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University of Bielefeld
2007-12-01
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Series: | International Journal of Conflict and Violence |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/15 |