Sunday, November 19, 2017

There's No Such Thing as an "American" Homicide Rate

Via David

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Some places largely free of gun restrictions — like the Dakotas, Utah, Idaho, Minnesota, Vermont, and New Hampshire — have very low homicide rates. But other places with similar or more restrictive laws — such as Missouri, California, and most of Latin America — have much higher rates. Obviously, homicide rates are not simply a function of gun laws.
In September, the FBI released new homicide data, and the overall US homicide rate rose for the second year to an eight-year high.

According to the report, the nationwide homicide rate in the US in 2016 was 5.3 per 100,000, up from 2015's rate of 4.9.

The homicide rate in 2014 — 4.4 per 100,000 — had been a 51-year low, and comparable to rates not seen since the 1950s.

Homicide rates still remain well below where they were in the 1980s and 1990s, when homicide rates sometimes exceeded 9 per 100,000.

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4 comments:

  1. Mises does not want to mention race unless it is camouflaged under the term "gang" activity. Is gang a new synonym for black? indyjonesouthere

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  2. Let's be blunt here. We don't have a crime problem. We have an urban 'groid problem.

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