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by anu_gupta
4958 days ago
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That European average is for the whole of the geographical entity known as Europe, so I'm not sure how fair the comparison is. The population of Europe as a whole is 2.3 times that of the US. Also the US is a single political entity, with (for the most part) ons set of laws. Many of the Eastern European countries do not fall within a similarly consistent legal framework. If remove Eastern Europe, then the homicide rates for the rest of Europe are: Northern Europe 1.5 Southern Europe 1.4 Western Europe 1.0 Conversely, including other parts of the Americas (ie Canada and Central America) massively increases the average homicide rate - Central America's rate is a truly shocking 28.5 |
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