26
Jul
2005
delanceyplace.com 07/26/05 - crime rates
In today's excerpt - homicide rates in Europe over a span of centuries:
"Some people would argue that we don't do a very good job [of combatting crime]. But taking the long view, that is clearly not true. Consider the historical trend in homicide (not including wars), which is both the most reliably measured crime and the best barometer of a society's overall crime rate. These statistics, compiled by the criminologist Manuel Eisner, track the historical homicide levels in five European regions.
HOMICIDES (PER 100,000 PEOPLE) -
| England | Netherlands & Belgium | Scandinavia | Germany & Switzerland | Italy | |
| 13th &14th C. | 23.0 | 47.0 | N.A. | 37.0 | 56.0 |
| 15th C. | N.A. | 45.0 | 46.0 | 16.0 | 73.0 |
| 16th C. | 7.0 | 25.0 | 21.0 | 11.0 | 47.0 |
| 17th C. | 5.0 | 7.5 | 18.0 | 7.0 | 32.0 |
| 18th C. | 1.5 | 5.5 | 1.9 | 7.5 | 10.5 |
| 19th C. | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 12.6 |
| 1900-1949 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
| 1950-1994 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
author: |
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner |
title: |
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything |
publisher: |
Harper Perennial |
date: |
Copyright 2005, 2006, 2009 by Steven D. Levitt |
pages: |
18-19 |
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