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EAST IS EAST, AND WEST IS WEST Table 4 Victimisation by common crime, homicide rates and scores on an index for organised crime/corruption worldwide, in Europe and four European regions!" Common crime Homicide Organized crime/corruption Europe 15,4 2,2 43,7 Northern Europe 15 2,4 26,8 Western Europe 16,4 0,9 24,9 Eastern Europe 14,9 3,9 63,6 Southern Europe 15,3 1,6 59,4 World 21,1 6,1 47,8 Table 4 shows that the European level of common crime lies somewhat below the global mean. The global homicide rate is three times higher than the European mean. The European mean score on the index for organised crime/corruption is close to the global mean. The mean scores of Eastern and Southern Europe lie above the global mean. DISCUSSION The results on victimisation by common crime and homicide indicate a fairly uniform pattern for Europe with modest decreases in all regions. Due to relatively large falls in Eastern Europe existing variation in these types of crime have been reduced. From a global perspective, the European means are unremarkable. It goes beyond the scope of this paper to aim at a comprehensive interpretation of these results. Two factors are likely to have driven the European downward trends and further harmonization: increased socio-economic growth and integration and improvements in both private and public security measures." As said, the results on organised crime/corruption present a different picture. Globally, the mean score of Europe is closer to the world average than for the other forms of criminality. In this domain no downward trend can be observed in Europe and neither are there any signs of convergence between the Northern and Western countries and those in the South and East. According to our analysis of the global data, the most powerful driver of levels of organised crime/ 8 Van Dijk et al., Global crime pattern. 1° Jan Van Dijk — Andromachi Tseloni — Graham Farrell (eds.), The International Crime Drop: new directions in research, London, Palgrave MacMillan, 2012. «21°
