Tag: Homicide Rates

Venezuela’s Violent Death Rate is Probably 20% Lower than Estimated

Posted by David Smilde | Jul 1, 2016 | Analysis

The single most quoted estimate for Venezuela’s 2015 violent death rate has been the Venezuelan Violence Observatory’s astronomical figure of 90 per 100,000. However, political scientist Dorothy Kronick, using data from...

Getting a Handle on Homicide Rates in Caracas

Posted by wordpress | Aug 17, 2012 | Analysis

Back in 2008, Charlie Devereux and I published an article for the San Francisco Chronicle on crime in Caracas. Drawing on sources with access to official government statistics on crime we concluded that Caracas had the highest...

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