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The UK also has 1/5 the US' population - what does all this mean?
by greyboy 14y ago
The UK also has 1/5 the US' population - what does all this mean?
- arethuza 14y agoMurder rates are often given per 100,000 inhabitants - so size of country isn't really a factor: United States: 4.8 United Kingdom: 1.2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentiona... vacri's statement seems completely accurate.
- rdl 14y agoWhile I agree the US is far more violent than the UK, most of the US's incremental violence is explained by the drug war. Even if we had zero guns and the UK had US-style gun possession and laws, I suspect US drug laws (and other forms of extreme economic/political/legal inequality) would give us a higher murder rate.
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- arethuza 14y agoAnd if we had a more sensible culture around alcohol use in the UK, particularly in my native Scotland, I'm sure we'd have a much lower level of all violence.
- tomkarlo 14y agoA large portion of violent crime (~75%) in the US involves either family members or other acquaintances ("nonstrangers"). I'm sure some of that relates to drugs, but most of it probably doesn't. http://bjs.gov/content/pub/press/vvcs9310pr.cfm http://bjs.gov/content/pub/press/vvcs9310pr.cfm
- greyboy 14y agoThanks, I missed the important word 'rate' in vacri's post in my haste.
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- Macha 14y agohttp://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/2013/01/12/fact-checking-ben-swann-is-the-uk-really-5-times-more-violent-than-the-us/ http://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/2013/01/12/fact-checkin... 4.8 murders per 100,000 in the US vs 1.2 per 100,000 in the UK. The figures _do_ take size into account.
- greyboy 14y agoYes, I stand corrected. Thanks.