Exam 24: A: Reading

Archer and Gartner maintain that war, as the most dramatic form of State violence, may result in increases in post-war homicide rates mainly because of which of the following processes?

Archer and Gartner's analysis of post-war homicide rates reveals that warring nations:

Archer and Gartner maintain that State violence is not included in investigations of murder and aggression mainly because:

Archer and Gartner presented a table of countries and their homicide rates after major wars. While there was an increase for some countries, others showed a decrease, and for some countries the homicide rate was unchanged. Which country had the largest increase (313%) that was almost three times greater than the next highest country?

Even though it is a commonly accepted hypothesis, the "violent veteran" explanation for post-war homicide rate increases is not supported by Archer and Gartner's analysis of the evidence. They based their dismissal of this "myth" on: