Murder and Medicine: The Lethality of Criminal Assault 1960-1999  

Oleh:

Harris, Anthony R. ; Thomas, Stephen H. ; Fisher, Gene A. ; Hirsch, David J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Homicide Studies vol. 6 no. 2 (May 2002), page 128-166.
Fulltext: 128HS62.pdf (182.71KB)

Isi artikel

Despite the proliferation of increasinglydanger ous weapons and the verylar ge increase in rates of serious criminal assault, since 1960, the lethalityof such assault in the United States has dropped dramatically. This paradox has barely been studied and needs to be examined using national time-series data. Starting from the basic view that homicides are aggravated assaults with the outcome of the victim’s death, we assembled evidence from national data sources to show that the principal explanation of the downward trend in lethalityinvolves parallel developments in medical technologyand related medical support services that have suppressed the homicide rate compared to what it would be had such progress not been made.We argue that research into the causes and deterrabilityof homicide would benefit from a “lethalityperspective” that focuses on serious assaults, only a small proportion of which end in death.

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