The History of Homicide in the U.S.

The History of Homicide in the U.S.

The need for historical data

Homicide White-collar crime

Sexual assaults Property crime Drug addiction

Homicide Rates in the U.S, 1900-2006

The Pattern of 20th Century Homicide: Data Problems

Death Registration Area data in the early 20th century

Improvements in the Quality of Data in 1959 and 1960: NCHS and UCR

Limitations of the Improvements in the Quality of Data: Ohio, 1976-1988

Flaws in the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data system

NCHS

Ohio Departmentof CASUALTY

Health

HOMICIDE

Total

NATURAL CAUSE In ODH as hom SUICIDE No match in ODH

In NCHS Not in NCHS

database Database

22

0

8

0

Total 22

8

6 5537

30 9

5612

0 1762

0 0 1762

6 7299

30 9

7374

Flaws in the Ohio Department of Health Mortality Files and in the Supplementary Homicide Reports

Preble County homicides, 1976-1988

Only in SHR

4

Only in ODH

11

In both

18

Homicides found

33

Homicides estimated 35.5

Percent in ODH

82%

Percent in SHR

62%

(29 of 35.5) (22 of 35.5)

The Variability of Homicide Rates across Time and Space in the U.S.

Substantial and rapid rises and falls in homicide rates among unrelated adults, 1607-present

Substantial variation in the timing of changes in homicide rates across regions prior to the Great Depression

Remarkably low aggregate homicide rates in the mid-18th century and early 19th century

Lower rates of commission by African Americans than European Americans through most of our nation's history

Remarkably high rates during the early and mid-17th century, the American Revolution, the mid-19th century, and on contested frontiers and in the late 19th and early 20th century South

Homicide Rates in New England, 1630-1800

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