Here’s homicides per capita in Western Europe. I highly recommend reading The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker. It goes into this in depth.
Per capita, IIRC it peaks in the 70’s. I’ve heard it proposed that it was down to leaded gasoline causing brain damage, and it’s such a weird blip I have to consider that. Obviously, from WWII backwards through depression and prohibition it was plenty nasty.
that sure doesn’t look like it’s been going down for centuries. What about per capita?
Here’s homicides per capita in Western Europe. I highly recommend reading The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker. It goes into this in depth.
Per capita, IIRC it peaks in the 70’s. I’ve heard it proposed that it was down to leaded gasoline causing brain damage, and it’s such a weird blip I have to consider that. Obviously, from WWII backwards through depression and prohibition it was plenty nasty.