Homicide

Associated Documents (7)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Palmer, StuartAggression in fifty-eight non-literate societies: an exploratory analysis
Fry, Douglas P.Lethal aggression in mobile forager bands and implications for the origins of war
Lester, DavidThe relation between discipline experiences and the expression of aggression
Chick, GarryCombative sport and warfare: a reappraisal of the spillover and catharsis hypotheses
Leavitt, Gregory C.General evolution and Durkheim's hypothesis of crime frequency: A cross-cultural test

Associated Hypotheses (8)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Palmer, Stuart"In . . . non-literate societies . . . when some forms of aggression, outward or inward-directed, occur frequently so also do other forms" (63)
Fry, Douglas P.Lethal aggression in mobile forager bands will stem from personal disputes rather than coalitionary aggression (i.e. war) (270).
Lester, DavidMurder in primitive societies will be related to the societal disciplinary practices (735)
Chick, GarryIndividual combative sports will be positively associated with frequency of individual and socially organized homicide in a society (256)
Leavitt, Gregory C.Social differentiation will be positively associated with violent crime (249).

Associated OCMs

  1. offenses against life