title: Trends in mass murder.
abstract: From 1976 to 1996, the proportion of murder incidents with 5 or more victims showed no linear trend or association with selected social indicators, e.g., birth rate, unemployment rate, and homicide rate.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona 08240-0195, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology