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Title: Homicide Rates in the Old West

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: This article describes the methods that social scientists use to measure and compare the risks that various populations face of being murdered. It demonstrates that the West was unusually homicidal compared to the rest of the Western world, except for the most violent areas of the South during Reconstruction.

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Authors: Roth, Randolph; Eckberg, Douglas L.; Maltz, Michael D.

Periodical (Full): Western Historical Quarterly

Issue: 2

Volume: 42

Pages: 173-195

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Crime and Deviance

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