A Common Explanation for the Changing Age Distributions of Suicide and Homicide in the United States, 1930 to 2000
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Date
2006-03
Authors
O'Brien, Robert M.
Stockard, Jean
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Abstract
A longstanding debate focuses on whether suicide and homicide rates walk hand in hand
or whether they are reciprocally related. Much of the research on this issue investigates
whether suicide or homicide predominates in certain geographic areas or whether they
trend together over time. We theorize that the degree of social integration and social
regulation associated with birth cohorts is negatively related to both of these forms of lethal
violence.We develop a common explanation for shifts in the age distributions of homicide
and suicide in the United States from 1930 to 2000. In this context, suicide rates and
homicide rates walk hand in hand and their parallel movements are associated with two
variables linked to social integration and regulation.
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19 pages
Keywords
Birth Cohorts, Lethal Violence, Social Integration and Regulation
Citation
O’Brien, R. M., & Stockard, J. (2006). A Common Explanation for the Changing Age Distributions of Suicide and Homicide in the United States, 1930 to 2000. Social Forces, 84(3), 1540—1577. https://doi.org/10.1353/sof.2006.0063