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[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014498316302017 by Zhiwu Chen 1/17 ScienceDirect] | [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014498316302017 by Zhiwu Chen 1/17 ScienceDirect] | ||
This paper constructs a quantitative history of the homicide rate in Qing China and investigates its social and economic drivers. Estimates based on historical archives indicate that this annual rate ranged between 0.35 and 1.47 per 100,000 inhabitants during the 1661–1898 period, a low level unmatched by Western Europe until the late 19th century. | This paper constructs a quantitative history of the homicide rate in Qing China and investigates its social and economic drivers. Estimates based on historical archives indicate that this annual rate ranged between 0.35 and 1.47 per 100,000 inhabitants during the 1661–1898 period, a low level unmatched by Western Europe until the late 19th century. | ||
=====Lead exposure and violent crime in the early twentieth century===== | |||
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014498316300109f by James J. Feigenbaum 10/16 ScienceDirect] | |||
In the second half of the nineteenth century, many American cities built water systems using lead or iron service pipes. Municipal water systems generated significant public health improvements, but these improvements may have been partially offset by the damaging effects of lead exposure through lead water pipes. | |||
