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Why Is the United States the Most Homicidal Nation in the Affluent World?

Event Dates
Event Duration
90 minutes
Location
Online

Ohio State University Since World War II, the homicide rate in the U.S. has been three to ten times higher than in Canada, Western Europe, and Japan. This, however, has not always been the case. What caused the dramatic change? Dr. Roth discussed how and why rates of different kinds of homicide have varied across time and space over the past 450 years, including an examination of the murder of children by parents or caregivers, intimate partner violence, and homicides among unrelated adults. ​

Date Created: January 1, 2014