persistence in homicides. The focus is on a global sample of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is … persistence in homicides is sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), followed by Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and then … account for persistence in global homicides: crime, political instability and weapons import positively affect homicides …

The study investigates the role of security officers and the police in dampening the effect of insecurity on homicides … lessen the effect of political instability and perception of criminality on homicides. Second , an extended analysis with … the impact of both insecurity dynamics on homicides. The concept of threshold represents the critical mass at which the …