Murder Rate Factors - What can we learn from other countries?

Going in assumption: murders hurt people!
(Not just those murdered, of course)

What can the U.S. learn from these countries?



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Primary factors:

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Countries with the widest gaps between rich and poor are four times more likely to experience violent crimes than other countries. High poverty and crime go hand in hand; crime drives away businesses and investors, reducing available human capital and creating an insecure environment, which, in turn, leads to more poverty.

Organized crime, like gangs and drug trafficking, also contribute to high murder rates.

Drug and alcohol use is also related to high murder and poverty rates. Intoxication increases the risk of being involved (either as the guilty party or the victim) in a murder.

Countries that are experiencing political turmoil and violent conflict are also more likely to experience high murder rates.

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These countries are doing something right, with respect to their murder rate:

Singapore (Population: 5,638,700 - Murder Rate: 0.2 per 100,000)

Japan (Population: 126,150,000 (11th Largest Country) - Murder Rate: 0.2 per 100,000)

Switzerland (Population: 8,570,146 - Murder Rate: 0.5 per 100,000)

United Arab Emirates (Population: 9,599,353 - Murder Rate: 0.5 per 100,000)

South Korea (Population: 51,709,098 (28th Largest Country) - Murder Rate: 0.6 per 100,000)

Czech Republic (Population: 10,649,800 - Murder Rate: 0.6 per 100,000)

China (Population: 1.4 Billion (Largest Country) - Murder Rate: 0.6 per 100,000)

Austria (Population: 8,857,960 - Murder Rate: 0.66 per 100,000)

Italy (Population: 60,359,546 (23rd Largest Country) - Murder Rate: 0.67 per 100,000)

Spain (Population: 46,733,038 (30th Largest Country) - Murder Rate: 0.70 per 100,000)


Be glad that Murder Rate is not an Olympic event because America's exceptionalism relative to the world is the opposite direction of where most society's want to be when it comes to murder rate.