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[https://ourworldindata.org/homicide-data-how-sources-differ-and-when-to-use-which-one by Bastian Herre and Fiona Spooner 26/6/23 our World in Data] | [https://ourworldindata.org/homicide-data-how-sources-differ-and-when-to-use-which-one by Bastian Herre and Fiona Spooner 26/6/23 our World in Data] | ||
But measuring homicides is challenging. Even homicide researchers do not always agree on whether the specific cause of death should be considered a homicide. Even when they agree on what counts as a homicide, it is difficult to count all of them. | But measuring homicides is challenging. Even homicide researchers do not always agree on whether the specific cause of death should be considered a homicide. Even when they agree on what counts as a homicide, it is difficult to count all of them. | ||
=====A test of life history strategy theory as a predictor of criminal violence across 51 nations===== | |||
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886916302161 by Michael Minkov 6/16 ScienceDirect] | |||
Proponents of life history strategy (LHS) theory propose that it is an explanation of intra-societal non-political violence, such as homicide and assault. Criminologists usually prefer a different explanation: variation in national violent crime rates is a function of differences in social–structural characteristics, such as absolute or relative poverty (socioeconomic inequality). | |||
