Homicide Rates in America
With the single exception of the Italians, the American people are the most homicidal nation in the civilized world,” comments the Philadelphia Record. “In fact, we are running neck and neck with Italy with respect to the ration of violent crimes resulting in death. In the latter country the homicides number 105 per million of inhabitants per year; in this country last year the ratio was 115 per million. A comparison with the criminal statistics of other leading nations will serve to emphasize the indictment and make it positively terrifying. Thus the annual average ratio of homicides to population is 13 per million in Germany, 19 per million in France, and 27 per million in the United Kingdom. Ratably, therefore, murder and manslaughter are four times as frequent in this country as in England, Scotland, and Wales, and nine times as frequent as in Germany.