ONE HUNDRED FIFTY- YEAR STUDY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES (FROM VIOLENCE IN AMERICA HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES - SEE NCJ00763)

• NCJ Number: 6975
• Author(s): S G LEVY
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: National Commission on the Causes & Prevention of Violence
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: APPENDIX, P 65-77

Annotation

BASED ON A SAMPLING TECHNIQUE, THE CONCLUSION IS REACHED THAT VIOLENCE HAS BEEN PRESENT THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY AND IS NOT NECESSARILY INCREASING AT PRESENT.

Abstract

THE STUDY ATTEMPTED TO EXAMINE THE LEVELS AND CHANGES OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE FROM 1819 TO THE PRESENT. IT WAS BASED ON A SAMPLING OF NEWSPAPER ISSUES FROM TWO SOURCES. ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE FOR POPULATION AND NEWSPAPER SIZE. THE FINDINGS OF THE AUTHOR LEAD TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE PRESENT PERIOD IS NO MORE VIOLENT THAN SOME OF THE PREVIOUS ONES. SEVERAL GRAPHS AND TABLES ARE INCLUDED.