According to an employee of the World Development Geography Lab, the highest levels of intentional homicides observed in countries such as El Salvador, Venezuela, Brazil, Honduras, Colombia, Guatemala, South Africa and Lesotho are associated with the costs of community development. Associate Professor Dmitry Samusenko of the Moscow State Pedagogical University of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences told socialbites.ca.
“There’s a good analogy here, for example: economic growth has costs, for example environmental pollution. The reasons for these costs vary from country to country. Nobody is claiming that environmental pollution is bad. However, no country will compromise on economic growth. Already developed countries have developed mechanisms to deal with such costs and today they are no longer leaders in, for example, pollution (they have strong “green” trends). But it wasn’t always like that,” Samusenko gave an example.
A similar situation is observed in crime. According to the scientist, the research of Manuel Eisner (Wolfson Professor of Criminology at Cambridge University and Deputy Director of the Cambridge Institute of Criminology), who was involved in the creation of a historical database of homicides, clearly shows that in the past the leaders in the murders are now both prosperous Sweden and Switzerland. as well as Belgium vs. was.
“Obviously they have passed a stage in their social development, their society has become more humane, tolerant. Developing countries, for the most part, have not yet taken this road, and of course it is not free of cost.
In addition, developed countries are better off with technologies that allow solving crimes, and the general aging of the population is particularly evident in them.
“Older people are less likely to commit crimes, while people under 29 are more likely to commit crimes,” the expert said.
Find out more about which countries top the list of countries with the highest murder rates, and where Russia is. report Samusenko “Newspaper.Ru”.
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