UNDERSTANDING THE DECLINING CANADIAN HOMICIDE RATE: A TEST OF HOLINGER'S RELATIVE COHORT SIZE HYPOTHESIS

Homicide rates in Canada have shown a decline since 1975, but there has been little empirical study of this trend. P. Holinger (1987) predicted and confirmed that the size of the cohort aged 15-24 in the United States population was associated with the rise and fall of the homicide rate in that coun...

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Published inDeath studies Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 263 - 265
Main Authors LEENAARS, ANTOON A., LESTER, DAVID
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Taylor & Francis Group 01.04.2004
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Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Canada
Cohort Effect
Cohort Size
Criminal statistics
Foreign Countries
Health technology assessment
Homicide
Homicide - statistics & numerical data
Homicide - trends
Humans
Manslaughter
Prediction
Social conditions & trends
Social Indicators
United States
Canada
United States
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Summary:Homicide rates in Canada have shown a decline since 1975, but there has been little empirical study of this trend. P. Holinger (1987) predicted and confirmed that the size of the cohort aged 15-24 in the United States population was associated with the rise and fall of the homicide rate in that country. This study was designed to test this hypothesis in Canada. The results show, even if one controls for other socio-economic variables, the most significant prediction of the decline was, indeed, the proportion of the youth population.
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ISSN:0748-1187
1091-7683
DOI:10.1080/07481180490276580