Doug Henwood Talks

On May 21, 2007, at 5:45 PM, Miles Jackson wrote:

Here’s my LBO message from about a year ago on this [6/12/2006]; maybe this is what you guys are recalling.

Dane Archer’s actually done some interesting archival research on
this. During the 20th century, murder rates are significantly higher when a country is at war or immediately following wartime. Moreover, this increase cannot simply be due to returning veterans, because the
murder rate also increases among women and age groups that could not have served in the war. Archer’s argument is that the legitimate violence conducted by the state provides a ubiquitous role model for aggression in everyday life.

Thank you (and Woj too). Like Carrol, I originally picked it up from
Cockburn, but it must have gotten reinforced by your cite.

Doug

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