Understanding violence and murder perpetrated by females
Understanding violence and murder perpetrated by females

Summary/Abstract: The global average homicide rate in 2010 was calculated to be 6.9. The murder rate in the US is one of the highest among the industrialized nations at 3-5 per 100,000 population or approximately 144,000 in 2010. As a comparison, Europe and Canada have rates as low as 0-3, Russia has a murder rate of 10-20 and some Central and South America and Africa have murder rates as high as 35 or greater. Drivers of murder rates globally appear to be lower level of human development, higher income inequality, higher infant mortality, and decreasing rule of law.1 However, high murder rates in the US may follow a different pattern. To assess this pattern, the following statistics were examined.

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