Jamaica was probably a lot more peaceful in the years immediately preceding independence, when both Ian Fleming and Noel Coward had their primary residences there.
It would be interesting to look at a combined homicide + incarceration rates statistics and see if that tracks more accurately across demographics- Bukele famously slashed murder rates by essentially locking up every major criminal gang in the country. But the point is taken.
War (including civil war) is the time when the person perceived by a credibly large enough number of people to be an authority tells you to go out and murder and burn down buildings for the glory of your people or your cause or religion. In other words, they tell you to become a hero by doing things that in normal circumstances get you hanged or executed in some other grisly way. Mao's Cultural Revolution was a self-coup (autogolpe) on a grand scale to purge elements suspected of lacking revolutionary fervor. Maybe best described as Stalinist purges with added hysterical theatrics. War is a "state of exception" (to use Schmittian terms), long term low intensity conflicts like the US war of 20 years in Afghanistan are the exception to the exception. Less than 2000 US military deaths in 20 years. Korean War about 60,000 in three years, Vietnam War about 60,000 almost entirely in the period from 1965-72.
Jamaica was probably a lot more peaceful in the years immediately preceding independence, when both Ian Fleming and Noel Coward had their primary residences there.
It would be interesting to look at a combined homicide + incarceration rates statistics and see if that tracks more accurately across demographics- Bukele famously slashed murder rates by essentially locking up every major criminal gang in the country. But the point is taken.
"Why do Black areas have such high rates of violence?"
Because on average, blacks have less self-control.
To be fair, this rate has varied historically (e.g, the 1950s), even when you look back at historical periods with much lower incarceration rates.
"To be fair, this rate has varied historically (e.g, the 1950s), even when you look back at historical periods with much lower incarceration rates."
To what do you attribute the 'transition'? Perhaps the ramifications of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
It's not rocket science: low IQ --> high murder rate; average black IQ low --> high black murder rate.
Aren't the examples of Asian killings examples of planned violence; the opposite of problems of impulse control.
"Aren't the examples of Asian killings examples of planned violence; the opposite of problems of impulse control."
Absolutely. Not only was it planned, but the controlling government body planned it. This, of course, does not excuse such atrocities.
War (including civil war) is the time when the person perceived by a credibly large enough number of people to be an authority tells you to go out and murder and burn down buildings for the glory of your people or your cause or religion. In other words, they tell you to become a hero by doing things that in normal circumstances get you hanged or executed in some other grisly way. Mao's Cultural Revolution was a self-coup (autogolpe) on a grand scale to purge elements suspected of lacking revolutionary fervor. Maybe best described as Stalinist purges with added hysterical theatrics. War is a "state of exception" (to use Schmittian terms), long term low intensity conflicts like the US war of 20 years in Afghanistan are the exception to the exception. Less than 2000 US military deaths in 20 years. Korean War about 60,000 in three years, Vietnam War about 60,000 almost entirely in the period from 1965-72.