Journal article
A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PERCENT YOUNG AND CROSS-NATIONAL HOMICIDE RATES
British journal of criminology, Vol.57(5), pp.1080-1100
09/01/2017
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azw039
Abstract
Is there an association between the proportion of the population that is young and national homicide rates, and when testing other theories cross-nationally is it necessary to control for this concept? To answer these questions, we carried out an extensive review of the empirical literature and then used data for the years 1999-2004 from a sample of 55 nations to test two predominant hypotheses: Percent young is significantly associated with homicide victimization rates across nations, and percent young accounts for a significant proportion of the overall variance in homicide victimization rates across nations. The results consistently indicated no significant association between percent young and homicide victimization rates across nations. Moreover, including percent young in models of cross-national homicide rates likely has negative ramifications for model fit. We situate these findings within the larger literature and provide a discussion of the implications for future cross-national homicide research.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PERCENT YOUNG AND CROSS-NATIONAL HOMICIDE RATES
- Creators
- Meghan L. Rogers - SUNY Albany, Sch Criminal Justice, 135 Western Ave, Albany, NY 12222 USAWilliam Alex Pridemore - SUNY Albany, Sch Criminal Justice, 135 Western Ave, Albany, NY 12222 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- British journal of criminology, Vol.57(5), pp.1080-1100
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/bjc/azw039
- ISSN
- 0007-0955
- eISSN
- 1464-3529
- Number of pages
- 21
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984306231002771
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