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There is also evidence from a large number of studies that homicide and violent crime are substantially more common in less egalitarian countries. (A meta analysis carried out by Hsieh and Pugh showing violent crime and homicide rates related to income inequality covers 34 studies (Hsieh and Pugh, 1993).) All of this evidence strongly suggests that as social status differences in a society increase, the quality of social relations deteriorates. The countries studied included the US, UK, Italy, and Japan, plus a number in Eastern Europe. [Pg.72]

One of the primary sources of anxiety considered by Wilkinson is violence. He notes the association between income inequality and homicide. Among the 50 US states, it accounts for half of the very large variations in homicide rates between states. The higher violence was not between rich and poor. [Pg.73]

There is little disagreement that a significant number of deaths and injuries are caused by firearms, although gun deaths peaked at about 40,000 in 1995 and then started to decline. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), firearms are the second leading cause of injury death in the United States although the overall homicide rate as well as the firearm injury rate have continued to decline. [Pg.26]

Medical and sociological gun control advocates have also pointed out that such countries as Britain and Japan, with strict firearm controls, have far lower homicide rates than the United States. Gun rights activists question whether such cross-cultural comparisons are valid, noting that European and Japanese societies are more conformist and that it is social control, not gun control, that is responsible for their low rate of violence. [Pg.27]

Don t Withhold Treatment on This Epidemic. U.S. Catholic, vol. 63, September 1998, p. 25. Points out that homicide is the second leading cause of death for youths aged 15-24, and that the U.S. homicide rate is far higher than that of other countries. The article reports on efforts of the Centers for Disease Control and others to treat gun violence as an epidemic and ponders whether other social problems might be better dealt with if people treated them as seriously as physical diseases. [Pg.171]

The Journal of American Citizenship, no. 78, July-August 1996, n.p. Argues that liberalization of concealed-carry laws did not substantially affect homicide rates and that the previous study by David McDowall, Colin Lofrin, and Brian Wiersema suffers from methodological flaws. Kopel reiterates that the rate of crime by permit holders is very low. [Pg.173]

Preliminary Activity. Consider the data presented in Table 3.7 on the number of homicides in the city of New York for the years 1985 through 1996. Study the data and find a way to present them visually so that the trends in the homicide rate are easily seen. Based on this visual presentation, explain, as best you can, the trends found in the data. [Pg.98]

We are left with many questions still unanswered. What is it about social status and social integration that makes them so important to health What are the main sources of chronic anxiety, and what are their effects on health (This is an especially promising question, since we already have a good idea about why stress affects health (Sapolsky, 1998).) What is the association between income inequality and homicide (Homicide can account for half the variation in mortality rates between states.) How does inequality affect emotional development in early life ... [Pg.78]

Clearly, if a person has to ingest a pint or more of a chemical before his life is seriously threatened, this chemical is not a likely candidate for use in homicide or suicide, and is highly unlikely to be ingested accidentally in dangerous amounts. Chemicals rated in categories 5 or 6, however, need to be extremely carefully controlled. [Pg.94]

It is also worth pointing out from table 9.7 that there are significantly fewer men than women in the group of age above 65. There is a marked shift of the male/100 female ratio with age, which is 104 at birth, but continues to drop with age until it becomes 100 at age 25, and 50 at age 85. This is due to the higher death rate of males than females at any age, and particularly in the teenage to young adult age of 15-24, where a male is three times as likely to die, in comparison with a female, from the violent causes of accidents, homicides, and suicides. [Pg.258]

Rates of Homicide, Suicide, and Firearm-Related Death among Children—26 Industrialized Countries. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 46, February 7, 1997, pp. lOlffi Concludes that the United States has by far the highest rates of child homicide, suicide, and firearms-related deaths among the industrialized nations. [Pg.187]

Kates, Don B. Gun Laws around the World Do They Work National Rifle Association. Available online. URL http //www.nraila.org/Issues/ Articles/Read.aspx ID=72. Posted in October 1997. Describes gun laws, gun use, and homicide and suicide rates around the world and includes charts. The site argues that peaceful, well-ordered societies do not need gun laws to be that way and that violent, disordered societies do not benefit from gun laws. [Pg.227]

The graph Types of Firearm Deaths in Children, Top Ten Countries offers a chance to compare both the absolute numbers of firearm deaths of children among different countries and to compare the relative proportions of the different types of deaths (homicides, suicides, and accidents). First, as is generally expected, the rate of firearm deaths of children per 100,000 in the United States is about three times that of the nearest competitor, Finland. The proportions of homicides, suicides, and accidents vary considerably In the United States, gun homicides of children outpace suicides roughly three to one, but in Norway suicides seem to dominate by about two to one. (It should be noted that because numbers of gun deaths for children are relatively low, there may be considerable variation in relative proportions from year to year.)... [Pg.249]

In a 1994 study Teplin evaluated 728 male jail detainees, and found that nearly two-thirds of this population had a psychiatric disorder with antisocial personality disorder (ASP), the most common diagnosis at 50%. However, 35% of the population had a current diagnosis other than ASP, and two-thirds had previously been given a lifetime diagnosis other than ASP. Substance abuse was common, with a 62% lifetime prevalence. More than one out of three detainees had a severe mental disorder (schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, or major depression). In another study, 693 homicide offenders were evaluated and elevated rates of schizophrenia and ASP were found (Eronen et al., 1996). Earlier studies found schizophrenia in 29%-75% and affective disorders in 4%-35% of prisoners. [Pg.210]

Therefore, planning for mortuary heating facilities" is by no means proof that said mortuary was used as homicidal gas chamber . At any rate, no engineering expert would have dreamed of incompletely quoting Jean-Claude Pressac, without stating his source, and without critical, replicable technical arguments. And further to present these incomplete quotation as the result of his own replicable thought process, as his own expert report . And what is more, the cancellation of the order in question renders this proof for the existence of gas chambers per se quite irrelevant. [Pg.71]

Once one knows the problem and has devised a solution, then the real job begins. National Center for Health Statistics data show a decline in total US infant mortality from 1982 to 1992, but marked geographic and racial differences remain. The 1992 overall US rate of infant death was 8.5 per 1000 live births (California, 6.9 Texas, 7.7 New York, 8.5 New Jersey, 8.5 Pennsylvania, 8.6 Ohio, 8.7 Florida, 9.1 Illinois, 10.0 Georgia, 10.4 Michigan, 10.5) - a decline attributed not to reductions in the numbers of birth defects or premature births but to improved neonatal intensive care units and the introduction of synthetic pulmonary surfactants and consequent reductions in death from acute neonatal respiratory distress syndrome. Still, the years of potential life lost due to birth defects ranks fifth, just behind that of homicide and suicide (1, unintentional injury 2, cancer 3, cardiovascular disease) prematurity/low birth weight ranks sixth and sudden infant death syndrome seventh. Ethnic discrepancy remains pronounced rates of White (5.8 per 1000 live births) and Cuban Hispanic (3.7 per 1000 live births) infant death are similar, but the 2002 rate for Blacks (13.9 per 1000 live births) increased compared to the previous year. [Pg.779]

Nisbetl and Cohen <1996. p. 1) cite calculation that imply even substantially higher rates of homicide in certain regions of the American South - another "culture of honor "... [Pg.243]

Unfortunately, many people do not understand these truths. For example, when asked by a defense attorney in a celebrated homicide case what the rate of error in a blood test was, the assistant district attorney replied that their testing laboratories had no percentage of error because they have not committed any errors San Francisco Chronicle, June 29, 1994, p, 4). [Pg.90]

Hibbeln JR. Homicide mortality rates and seafood consumption A cross-national analysis. World Rev Nutr Diet 2001 88 41-46. [Pg.327]


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