"Why The South Is More Violent Than The Rest Of America" [View all]

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Why The South Is More Violent Than The Rest Of America

by Erin Fuchs at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/south-has-more-violent-crime-fbi-statistics-show-2013-9

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The South accounted for 40.9% of all reported violent crimes even though it makes up roughly a quarter of the country, according to the final Uniform Crime Report for 2012.

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One theory is that violence in the South is simply the way folks have always settled their disputes. This "subculture of violence" theory suggests that violence is passed from generation to generation, University of Maryland Criminology Professor Gary LaFree told Business Insider.

There is some evidence that Southerners are more predisposed to violence.

One experiment published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found Southern men were more prone to aggression as part of a "culture of honor." In the experiment, a mole bumped into participants from the North and South and called them "asshole." Southerners were more primed for aggression after the insult. That is, their testosterone levels rose. They were also more likely to actually engage in aggressive or dominant behavior after being called asshole.


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