Steven Stack's ecological research on suicide applied to homicide.
In a sample of 72 nations in 1980, birth rates proved to be the strongest predictor of national homicide rates.
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Psychology Program, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona 08240-0195, USA.
D001723:Birth Rate; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male