title: Does democracy increase suicide and homicide rates?
abstract: Changes in the measures for the level of democracy in 34 nations from 1965 to 1980 were positively associated with the percentage change in the homicide rate over 30 nations.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona 08240-0195, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D003709:Democracy; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*