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1Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Abstract:
The rate of murder, rape, and serious assault per 100,000 members of the population was tabulated for 76 countries from the 1989-1990 International Crime Statistics published by INTERPOL. Following previous research the countries were grouped into the three major populations of Asian, Caucasian, and African. Consistent with previous evidence the results showed that crime rates are highest for countries with predominantly African populations, lowest for those with predominantly Asian populations, and in-between for those with predominantly Caucasian populations. The 23 countries with predominantly African populations reported twice as high a rate for each type of crime as the 41 countries with predominantly Caucasian populations and over three times as high a rate as the 12 countries with predominantly Asian populations. Summing the crimes gives figures, respectively, of 240, 75, and 32 violent crimes per 100,000 population.
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