On May 21, 2007, at 5:45 PM, Miles Jackson wrote:
> Here's my LBO message from about a year ago on this [6/12/2006]; maybe
> this is what you guys are recalling.
>
> Dane Archer's actually done some interesting archival research on
> this.
> During the 20th century, murder rates are significantly higher when a
> country is at war or immediately following wartime. Moreover, this
> increase cannot simply be due to returning veterans, because the
> murder
> rate also increases among women and age groups that could not have
> served in the war. Archer's argument is that the legitimate violence
> conducted by the state provides a ubiquitous role model for aggression
> in everyday life.
Thank you (and Woj too). Like Carrol, I originally picked it up from Cockburn, but it must have gotten reinforced by your cite.
Doug