RT Article
T1 A comprehensive evaluation of the association between percent young and cross-national homicide rates
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 57
IS 5
SP 1080
OP 1100
A1 Rogers, Meghan L.
A2 Pridemore, William Alex
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1564927989
AB 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.
K1 Cross-national homicide victimization
K1 Percent young
K1 Model fit
K1 Cross-national criminal justice research
K1 Kriminalitätsvergleich
K1 Homicide victimization
K1 Täter-Opfer-Beziehungen
DO 10.1093/bjc/azw039