Citation

Lester D, Kondrichin SV. Med. Sci. Law 2000; 40(3): 241-244.

Affiliation

Center for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, New Jersey 08012-5356, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10976187

Abstract

Ecological studies of regional suicide rates in Russian oblasts and krais and American states revealed that the clustering of social indicators and the social correlates of regional homicide rates were different in the two nations. However, indices of social distress (unemployment and illegitimate births) predicted homicide rates in both nations. The study pointed out the importance of replicating research in several nations in order to explore the generality of research findings and theories.

Language: en