Homicide and Suicide in Africa and England

1 April 1980

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Medicine, Science and the Law

Vol. 20 (2) , 99-103
https://doi.org/10.1177/002580248002000206

Abstract

A UK psychiatrist draws on his earlier experience as a police surgeon in Africa to compare homicide and suicide rates among the Xhosa tribe with those of England and Wales. A consideration of depression in primitive communities may, he suggests, provide the explanation for the low suicide rate found. The article speculates whether the vastly different homicide/suicide rate found can be explained in terms of aggression and civilization.

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