An interesting history:
By the 1500s, England's murder rate was lower than the murder rate in modern-day Africa 🏴
— Sam Bidwell (@sam_bidwell) December 23, 2024
And by the 20th century, Britain was one of the least violent societies on Earth – but why was this the case?
A 🧵 on the history of how England crushed crime pic.twitter.com/uripa0j2Eu
Recently (the last 30ish years?) Britain only assigns “murder” as a cause of death following the conviction of a person for that murder.
So, no suspect, no trial, no murder. Easy to cook the books that way
Yup, natural causes. Anyone stabbed 17 times is just naturally going to die.