Structural correlates of female homicide: A cross-national analysis

Agha, Suzanne

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.09.006

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“…In an analysis of gender disaggregated total conviction rates in 10 countries, Hunnicutt and Broidy () found that indicators of both women's liberation and economic marginalization increased women's conviction rates more than those of men. By contrast, Agha () found little evidence of gender difference in societal predictors of homicide.…”

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“…A more recent generation of studies has been aimed at examining variation by gender in macro-level correlates of criminal offending (Agha, 2009;Chernoff and Simon, 2000;Hunnicutt and Broidy, 2004). In an analysis of gender disaggregated total conviction rates in 10 countries, Hunnicutt and Broidy (2004) found that indicators of both women's liberation and economic marginalization increased women's conviction rates more than those of men.…”

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Does the Gender Gap in Delinquency Vary by Level of Patriarchy? A Cross‐national Comparative Analysis

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We examined cross‐national variation in the gender differential in offending, which is often referred to as the gender gap in crime. Analyses were directed toward two empirical questions: 1) Is the gender gap narrower in less patriarchal sociocultural settings, and if so, 2) is this outcome a result of higher levels of offending on the part of girls, lower levels of offending on the part of boys, or some combination thereof? To address these questions, we compiled a multilevel, cross‐national data set combining information on self‐reported offending from the second International Self Report Delinquency Survey (ISRD‐2) with normative and structural indicators of societal levels of patriarchy. The results from regression equations showed the gender gap in delinquency to be narrower at reduced national levels of patriarchy. The predicted probabilities calculated from regression coefficients suggested that this narrowing is a result of increased offending among girls and, to some extent, of decreased offending among boys in less patriarchal nations. Sensitivity checks with alternative model specifications confirmed these patterns but also identified a potential outlier. We discuss the implications of these descriptive findings for etiological research and theory.

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Does the Gender Gap in Delinquency Vary by Level of Patriarchy? A Cross‐national Comparative Analysis

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“…First, I control for the nation's per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in US$. GDP, which is considered an indicator of the overall economic prosperity of a country, is commonly found to be negatively related to homicide rates (Agha 2009;Altheimer 2008Altheimer , 2013Barber 2009; Pridemore 2011). The measure comes from the World Bank.…”

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“…Recent data from the United Nations show, however, that men represent 95 percent of those convicted of lethal violence worldwide (UNOCD 2013). Moreover, a cross-national study of homicide arrest rates reported that males had a much higher rate of homicide offending than females: 12.5 per 100,000 population for males compared to 1.1 for females (Agha 2009). The…”

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The influences of gender and income inequality on cross-national variations in lethal violence

Valdimarsdóttir¹

2024

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The current research examines the cross-national relationship between income and gender inequality as well as their interconnected influences on both female and male homicide victimization. Using a sample of 127 heterogeneous countries, this research supports previous studies that economically stratified societies tend to have high levels of lethal violence. The study also finds that economically stratified societies tend to be male-dominated, which is also associated with increased violence against women as well as increased male-onmale violence.

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“…Although few in number, the more recent studies using disaggregated homicide rates by gender and age groups did find statistically significant differences. For example, Agha (2009) found that gross domestic product (GDP), people per household, and the human development index were all negatively related to female and male homicide rates, but that the percent of homicide cases cleared was only statistically significant for female homicide rates (negative association). Butchart and Engstrom (2002) found that GDP and inequality were both negatively related to homicide rates for females and males, but when percent change in GDP, female economic activity, and economic development were added to the model, the significance varied by age groups and gender.…”

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Cross-national homicide: a review of the current literature

Koeppel

Rhineberger-Dunn

Mack

2013

International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justi

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Since LaFree's review of 34 cross-national homicide studies in 1999, an additional 50 studies have been published on this topic. There have been a few reviews of the extant literature, and a meta-analysis of cross-national predictors of homicide. However, none of these have directly assessed the degree to which the subsequent research has heeded the recommendations provided by LaFree, nor considered the long-term implications of his analysis for ongoing cross-national homicide research. We extend the literature by updating the review conducted by LaFree and detailing the major changes that have occurred in this body of research since the late 1990s. Our review reveals that recent studies appear to have taken into account LaFree's recommendations, particularly in regard to data sources, theoretical perspectives, and variable choices. We conclude that while advances in this field have been made, there are issues that have remained problematic over time and should be considered by researchers engaged in cross-national homicide research. IntroductionResearch on cross-national homicide spans five decades. Since the early 1960s, over 85 quantitative studies have examined the issue of cross-national homicide rates. In 1999, Gary LaFree published the first comprehensive review of cross-national homicide research, analyzing 34 academic articles published between 1965 and 1997. He reviewed data sources, independent and control variable specification, methodological issues (e.g., sample sizes, sampling procedures, and homicide definitions), theoretical perspectives, and significance of findings. He then outlined several recommendations for future cross-national homicide research based on his analysis of these 34 studies.Since 1999 (i.e., LaFree's study), the extant literature on cross-national homicide has flourished, with over 55 quantitative studies published assessing the nature and extent of cross-national homicide in nearly one-third the time span of LaFree's study. Of these 55 more recent studies, over one-third (18 articles) make reference to LaFree's (1999) review. This includes seven articles that use LaFree as a source for review of the cross-national homicide literature, another seven articles that cite his study as a justification for their use of the World Health Organization (WHO) data, and six that refer to

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Structural correlates of female homicide: A cross-national analysis

Cited by 68 publications

References 67 publications

Does the Gender Gap in Delinquency Vary by Level of Patriarchy? A Cross‐national Comparative Analysis

Does the Gender Gap in Delinquency Vary by Level of Patriarchy? A Cross‐national Comparative Analysis

The influences of gender and income inequality on cross-national variations in lethal violence

Cross-national homicide: a review of the current literature

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