Murder and suicide in forty non-literate societies

"There is a considerable positive relationship between frequencies for murder and suicide in . . . non-literate societies" (323)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of percentages	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Homicide Frequency	Association	Offenses Against Life
Suicide Frequency	Association	Suicide

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Palmer, Stuart	1965	". . . There is the general tendency for murder and suicide each to increase as overall punishment [for crime] increases" (323)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lester, David	1971	". . . There is no evidence that mutilation behaviors in primitive societies are related to the incidence of suicide in those societies" (802)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Palmer, Stuart	1970	"In . . . non-literate societies . . . when some forms of aggression, outward or inward-directed, occur frequently so also do other forms" (63)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lester, David	1971	"The prediction was that a high incidence of suicide would be associated with a low fear of the dead" (207)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hunter, Lance Y.	2024	Greater civil society participation in non-political groups should be associated with lower suicide rates.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author