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Interactive Map Exposes the World's Most Murderous Places
Lashdots writes with this selection from a Fast Company story: In 2012, 437,000 people were killed worldwide, yielding a global average murder rate of 6.2 per 100,000 inhabitants. A third of those homicides occurred in Latin America and the Caribbean, home to just 8% of the world's population. But data on violent death can be difficult to obtain, since governments are often reluctant to share their homicide statistics. What data is available is sometimes inconsistent and inconclusive.
Adds Lashdots: To make this data clear and to better address the problem of global homicide, a new open-source visualization tool, the Homicide Monitor, tracks the total number of murders and murder rates per country, broken down by gender, age and, where the data is available, the type of weapon used, including firearms, sharp weapons, blunt weapons, poisoning, and others. For the most violent region in the world, the 40 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, you can also see statistics by state and city. That geographic specificity helps to underscore an important point about murders, says Robert Muggah, the research director and program coordinator for Citizen Security at the Rio de Janeiro-based Igarapé Institute, in the above-lined story: "In most cities, the vast majority of violence takes place on just a few street corners, at certain times of the day, and among specific people."
If a gang kills 6 rival gang members in one incident, does it count as 6 murders or 1? I'd argue that such a place would actually be "safer" than having 6 independent murders taking place.
Same goes for terrorism. If a bomb goes off killing a dozen, is it "murder" is does it fall under another category?
Also, access to emergency healthcare is a HUGE factor. If you get stabbed in the middle of nowhere, you're a goner, if you get stabbed next to a hospital (most major western cities) and care gets to you while you're still breathing, there's a pretty good chance you'll live. So lower homicide rate doesn't tell you much about the rate of such incidents.
Or, in the case of many regions (parts of Africa or the Middle East spring to mind) there's often no government presence whatsoever in areas where there's a whole lot of killin' going on.
I've learned that they're worthless, so I don't read AC comments anymore.
Oh, but that could be construed as racial profiling. Can't have that.
Honduras (#1 city) requires each firearm to be licensed (& renewed every 4 years). Can only have 5 firearms, each must be registered (including ballistics info). Only allowed on private property, not carried in public. Automatic & "Assault" weapons are prohibited. Must be purchased from "La Armeria" (govt run). Sounds like what gun control folks dream about. Obviously it works...
Aside from the gaping holes in the data for many countries, the use of a spinning globe is a nuisance. Just display a map, it doesn't have to move around.
Countries don't count homicides the same way. In England and Wales, as an example, deaths don't count as homicides unless, and until, there is a conviction for the death. Here is a report that highlights that difference: www.parliament.uk
35. Homicide statistics too vary widely. In some developing countries, the statistics are known to be far from complete. Figures for crimes labelled as homicide in various countries are simply not comparable. Since 1967, homicide figures for England and Wales have been adjusted to exclude any cases which do not result in conviction, or where the person is not prosecuted on grounds of self defence or otherwise. This reduces the apparent number of homicides by between 13 per cent and 15 per cent. The adjustment is made only in respect of figures shown in one part of the Annual Criminal Statistics. In another part relating to the use of firearms, no adjustment is made. A table of the number of homicides in which firearms were used in England and Wales will therefore differ according to which section of the annual statistics was used as its base. Similarly in statistics relating to the use of firearms, a homicide will be recorded where the firearm was used as a blunt instrument, but in the specific homicide statistics, that case will be shown under "blunt instrument".
36. Many countries, including the United States, do not adjust their statistics down in that way and their figures include cases of self defence, killings by police and justifiable homicides. In Portugal, cases in which the cause of death is unknown are included in the homicide figures, inflating the apparent homicide rate very considerably.
Of the 50 cities with the most murders, the U.S. is the only first world country with cities on the list.
#28 - New Orleans - 39.61 homicides per 100,000 residents
#22 - Detroit - 44.87 homicides per 100,000 residents
#19 - St. Louis - 49.93 homicides per 100,000 residents
Looks like it.
Gee whiz Mr Wizard, what do those cities have in common?
Crime statistics from Greece (still low crime rates compared to most of the world, but huge difference from when Greece became more NON-Greek!)
Population: Greeks (9.903.268 - including all Greek citizens, i.e., even about 3% officialy non-ethnic Greeks...) - NON-Greeks (708.003 - officialy 70% of them "undocumented immigrants"...)
Crime Perpetrators:
Homocide: Greeks (264) - NON-Greeks (188)
Rape: Greeks (117) - NON-Greeks (76)
Robbery: Greeks (1,316) - NON-Greeks (896)
Sources: latest (2011) official population census: http://www.statistics.gr/porta... - latest (2013) official police data: http://www.astynomia.gr/images...
Antisthenes: "Wisdom begins by examining the words/names." - excuse my English, i am (slightly...) better with my Greek!
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The U.S. is the only country what? I have no idea what you want to imply by making racial profiles whereas violent crime has obviously socioeconomic roots, but you are factually incorrect.
The U.S. did indeed traffick a sizeable amount of enslaved blacks out of Africa, but it is not even close to being the largest population or proportion of blacks out of Africa. That would most likely be Brazil.
""In most cities, the vast majority of violence takes place on just a few street corners, at certain times of the day, and among specific people."
'This literally sounds like the easiest policing job ever if they know all this...'
Exactly. Just round the corners and off you go.
Surprise - Greenland doesn't come to mind, but it is listed as almost 2x the murder rate of Russia. It's the suicide capital of the world.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Better than an alternate theory is actual facts: In the U.S. [...]
I agree with you Sir, so i post some official FACTS that support your comment:
2012 Arrests by Race, Black, percent distribution: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter (49.4%), forcible rape (32.5%), robbery (54.9%); Census Population by Race, Black: 13.2%.
source: FBI http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cj... - census http://quickfacts.census.gov/q...
Antisthenes: "Wisdom begins by examining the words/names." - excuse my English, i am (slightly...) better with my Greek!
Remind me to never visit Brazil, Mexico, or Honduras.
Summary, in alphabetical order
* Brazil x 19 !!!
* Columbia
* Honduras x 2
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Jamaica
* Louisiana, USA
* Maryland, USA
* Mexico x 10 !!
* Michigan, USA
* Missouri, USA
* South Africa
* Venezuela x 4 !
Top 50 List without all the bullshit images:
1. San Pedro Sula, Honduras had 171.20 homicides per 100,000 residents.
2. Caracas, Venezuela had 115.98 homicides per 100,000 residents.
3. Acapulco, Mexico had 104.16 homicides per 100,000 residents.
4. João Pessoa, Brazil had 79.41 homicides per 100,000 residents.
5. Distrito Central, Honduras had 77.65 homicides per 100,000 residents.
6. MaceiÃ, Brazil had 72.91 homicides per 100,000 residents.
7. Valencia, Venezuela had 71.08 homicides per 100,000 residents.
8. Fortaleza, Brazil had 66.55 homicides per 100,000 residents.
9. Cali, Colombia had 65.25 homicides per 100,000 residents.
10. São LuÃs, Brazil had 64.71 homicides per 100,000 residents.
11. Natal, Brazil had 63.68 homicides per 100,000 residents.
12. Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela had 62.13 homicides per 100,000 residents.
13. San Salvador, El Salvador had 61.21 homicides per 100,000 residents.
14. Cape Town, South Africa had 60 homicides per 100,000 residents.
15. Vitoria, Brazil had 57 homicides per 100,000 residents.
16. CuiabÃ, Brazil had 56.46 homicides per 100,000 residents.
17. Salvador (and RMS), Brazil had 54.31 homicides per 100,000 residents.
18. Belém, Brazil had 53.06 homicides per 100,000 residents.
19. St. Louis, Missouri had 49.93 homicides per 100,000 residents.
20. Teresina, Brazil had 49.49 homicides per 100,000 residents.
21. Barquisimeto, Venezuela had 46.46 homicides per 100,000 residents.
22. Detroit, Michigan had 44.87 homicides per 100,000 residents.
23. GoiÃnia, Brazil had 44.82 homicides per 100,000 residents.
24. CuliacÃn, Mexico had 42.17 homicides per 100,000 residents.
25. Guatemala, Guatemala had 41.90 homicides per 100,000 residents.
26. Kingston, Jamaica had 40.59 homicides per 100,000 residents.
27. JuÃrez, Mexico had 39.94 homicides per 100,000 residents.
28. New Orleans, Louisiana had 39.61 homicides per 100,000 residents.
29. Recife, Brazil had 39.05 homicides per 100,000 residents.
30. Campina Grande, Brazil had 37.97 homicides per 100,000 residents.
31. ObregÃn, Mexico had 37.71 homicides per 100,000 residents.
32. Palmira, Colombia had 37.66 homicides per 100,000 residents.
33. Manaus, Brazil had 37.07 homicides per 100,000 residents.
34. Nuevo Laredo, Mexico had 34.92 homicides per 100,000 residents.
35. Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa had 34.89 homicides per 100,000 residents.
36. Pereira, Colombia had 34.68 homicides per 100,000 residents.
37. Porto Alegre, Brazil had 34.65 homicides per 100,000 residents.
38. Durban, South Africa had 34.48 homicides per 100,000 residents.
39. Aracaju, Brazil had 34.19 homicides per 100,000 residents.
40. Baltimore, Maryland had 33.92 homicides per 100,000 residents.
41. Victoria, Mexico had 33.91 homicides per 100,000 residents.
42. Belo Horizonte, Brazil had 33.39 homicides per 100,000 residents.
43. Chihuahua, Mexico had 33.29 homicides per 100,000 residents.
44. Curitiba, Brazil had 31.48 homicides per 100,000 residents.
45. Tijuana, Mexico had 29.90 homicides per 100,000 residents.
46. MacapÃ, Brazil, had 28.87 homicides per 100,000 residents.
47. CÃcuta, Colombia, had 28.43 homicides per 100,000 residents.
48. TorreÃn, Mexico, had 27.81 homicides per 100,000 residents.
49. MedellÃn, Colombia, had 26.91 homicides per 100,000 resident
50. Cuernavaca, Mexico, had 25.45 homicides per 100,000 residents.
I feel bad for all the people in Brazil and Mexico.
no...its.... not.... Repeating it over and over in no way will make that to be true
have you seen my sig? there are many others like it but none that are the same
Isn't this place about science and scientific methodology? Do you or ( anyone who modded you up ) have statistics to back that up? Can you show that the correlation isn't to poverty, and not race? Or do we continue to discredit an entire race of people simply based on our own stereotypes and cognitive biases?
if you think they are philanthropists for altruistic reasons, i got this bridge for sale....
have you seen my sig? there are many others like it but none that are the same
Look at the homicide rate in the US South.
So much for theory of gun states having less crime.
Alternate theory inbreeding leads to increased violence.
Better than an alternate theory is actual facts: In the U.S., the cities with the largest population of blacks have the most crime and the cities with the lowest number of blacks have the least amount of crime. This is a fact and there is not one single exception to this.
People often compare the U.S. to the rest of the world and claim that the U.S. has more people in prison than anywhere else, and but conveniently fail to mention that the U.S. is the only country (outside of the African continent) with a large population of blacks.
Hold that thought, by that narrative the top 20 violent and murderous countries should be all african countries.
Many Arctic communities have high murder and suicide rates. Also very high rates of depression and alcoholism.
poverty and corruption track with homicides worldwide. not skin color you racist moron
it's kind of ironic, but it requires intellectual inferiority to believe in a theory of superiority via skin color
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
The entire nation of Greenland is a small community (about 50,000 people).
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It's not just making things illegal, it's making the concept of recreational drugs illegal. If recreational drugs that aren't physically addictive were legal, pharmaceutical researchers could have those imported agricultural products replaced in short order, and with the FDA checking up on the manufacturers' quality control.
poverty and corruption track with homicides worldwide. not skin color you racist moron
it's kind of ironic, but it requires intellectual inferiority to believe in a theory of superiority via skin color
That must be why the 24% of the 54 million Hispanics who live below the poverty line in the US commit over half the violent crime.
No, wait.
That would be the 27% of the 40 million or so blacks who live below the poverty line in the US who commit over half the violent crimes.
So, let's see...
There are more Hispanics living below the poverty line in the US (12 million) than there are blacks (10 million). Hell, there are almost twice as many WHITES living in poverty in the US (19 million) than there are blacks (10 million).
Yet blacks commit over half of all violent crime. But only make up 20% or so of those living in poverty...
Think that might be because when a 300-lb HISPANIC thug beats up a convenience store clerk while committing a robbery and then gets his ass shot assaulting a police officer, the Hispanics don't go and burn down their own damn neighborhood?
Yeah, it must be Whitey that made Michael Brown into a thug.
Dumbasses like you who cry "RAAAACIST!!!" at everything are going to have a problem when the media stops portraying BLACK 300-lb thugs who rob stores, beating up people in the process, and then get shot assaulting police as "innocent teens".
Funny. I see teens and young twenty-somethings carrying semi-automatic weapons everywhere. On the streets, in the mall, on buses and trains. Even occasionally in synagogues. Yet, somehow, Israel is not particularly high on the list of murder statistics. Perhaps guns themselves have little to do with it?