Measuring Feelings and Beliefs that May Facilitate (or Deter) Homicide: A Research Note on the Causes of Historic Fluctuations in Homicide Rates in the United States

• NCJ Number: 239745
• Journal: Homicide Studies Volume: 16 Issue: 2 Dated: May 2012 Pages: 197-216
• Author(s): Randolph Roth
• Date Published: May 2012
• Length: 20 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study presents an historical overview of homicide.

Abstract

The essay seeks to construct measures of feelings and beliefs that may facilitate or deter homicides among unrelated adults. The measures try to quantify political stability, government legitimacy, and fellow feeling along national, religious, or racial lines in the United States from colonial times through the 19th century. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage Journals.