November 13, 1998
Historians Struggle to Gauge Murder Rates Over the Centuries
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There's nothing like a good murder mystery, as several recent scholarly histories of individual homicide cases demonstrate. But what about the big picture? Historians have had a harder time comparing the rate of murder in America today with rates in previous eras, says Roger Lane, a professor of history at Haverford College. |
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