Murder by numbers: Socio-economic determinants of homicide and civil war

Deliberate killing is a common part of the defining features of both homicide and civil war. Often, the scale of killing is also similar: most countries have homicide rates that exceed the threshold of one thousand combat-related deaths during a year that is the standard criterion for civil war. Wha...

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Main Authors: Collier, P, Hoeffler, A
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: CSAE (University of Oxford) 2004