Patterns of Change Over Time in United States Homicide

• NCJ Number: 89115
• Author(s): C R Block; L S Miller
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 19 pages
• Corporate Author: IllinoisCriminal Justice Information Authority
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Homicide rates in the United States (age-adjusted) generally declined slightly during the 1940's and early 1950's, increased slightly in the late '50's, increased very rapidly during the '60's, and then decreased beginning in the mid-1970's.

Abstract

The homicides include murder, voluntary and involuntary manslaughter, and justifiable homicide. This general pattern can be largely attributed to the pattern of homicide rates of nonwhite victims (age-adjusted). The decline in the homicide rate in the mid-'70's occurred only in the Middle Atlantic and southern areas of the country. Graphs and maps are supplied. (Author summary modified)