What state in the US has the highest homicide rate?”
Homicide statistics for much of the world are hard to come by and often very unreliable. The most comprehensive list I could find was from Interpol for the mid-1970s (International Crime Statistics). (Interpol presently only releases crime statistics to police organizations.) In the mid-1970’s the country with the highest rate was LESOTHO boasting 141 murders for every 100,000 people. http://www.benbest.com/lifeext/murder.html By the 2000’s the clear winner was EL SALVADORE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_homicide_rate#2000s Mar 03 08, 6:43 PM zbeckabee Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 – 2000 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention) reports the following: By Country (MOST RE
