Violence and Crime in Cross-National Perspective, 1900-1974

Principal Investigator(s): Archer, Dane; Gartner, Rosemary

Summary: This data collection provides comparative, cross-national, longitudinal data on rates of violent and nonviolent crimes for every country in the world over a period of 74 years. The study was designed to supply both comparative breadth and historical depth. Data were compiled from 110 nations and 44 urban places over periods up to 74 years, 1900-1974. Information is included on murder, rape, robbery, assault, theft, and population. (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08612

Access Notes

• This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) , the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention .

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