After sifting through records of thousands of homicides in the United States and western Europe over the past four centuries, Professor Randolph Roth of History at Ohio State University concluded that “The predisposition to murder is rooted in feelings and beliefs people have toward government and their fellow citizens." Roth also found that "It is these factors, which may seem impossibly remote from murder, that hold the key to understanding why the United States is so homicidal today.”
After research, Roth has an understanding that his conclusion holds the firmest under the evidence that holds it together. The link to other theories may hold true at a given moment but once it is linked to different areas and eras, the link does not hold its validity.
“Political leadership has the greatest opportunity to have a real impact on homicide rates,” Roth said. “It is difficult, I know, but we need a leader who can unite the country around some values and beliefs that we can all accept. That said, leadership can be effective only if the conflicts within a society are manageable. When they become unmanageable, as they did during the Civil War, even a great leader like Abraham Lincoln can’t pull the nation together and keep homicide in check.”
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