RT Article
T1 Neighbourhood correlates of homicidal strangulation in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa
JF Acta criminologica
VO 32
IS 1
SP 1
OP 18
A1 Suffla, Shahnaaz
A2 Seedat, Mohamed
A2 Swart, Lu-Anne
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1744665915
AB Drawing on the structural theories of strain and control, the current study examined the neighbourhood correlates of homicidal strangulation in the City of Johannesburg in South Africa for the period 2001-2010. A principal components analysis was conducted, and binomial regression models fitted to examine the relationships between neighbourhood characteristics and fatal strangulation. The results demonstrated partial support for the theories of strain and control and indicated that the effect of theoretically and empirically derived socio-structural factors on homicidal strangulation is variant for different socio-demographic groups, with significant effects most distinct for blacks. The study recognises strangulation as a unique phenomenon that is distinct from overall homicide.
K1 Control
K1 Determinants
K1 Homicide
K1 Socio-structural
K1 Strain