Homicide in Canada and the crime drop

Abstract

Abstract In contrast to the Canadian crime drop of the 1990s, homicide appeared as an anomaly with a peak in the 1970s. Yet previous studies tend to refer only to completed homicides, and here we also include attempts. The resulting trend is remarkably similar to that in Canadian property crime for five decades. This seems unlikely to be a coincidence and we speculate about a causal link.

Keywords

• Homicide
• Crime in Canada
• Homicide in Canada
• Crime decline
• Crime drop
• Crime falls