RT Article
T1 The Effect of Absolute and Relative Deprivation on Homicides in Brazil
JF Homicide studies
VO 25
IS 4
SP 361
OP 386
A1 Aransiola, Temidayo James
A1 Ceccato, Vania
A1 Justus, Marcelo
A2 Ceccato, Vania
A2 Justus, Marcelo
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1774532107
AB This paper investigates the effect of absolute deprivation (proxy unemployment) and relative deprivation (proxy income inequality) on homicide levels in Brazil. A database from the Brazilian Information System about Mortality and Census of the year 2000 and 2010 was used to estimate negative binomial models of homicide levels controlling for socioeconomic, demographic, and geographic factors. Findings show that unemployment and income inequality affect homicides levels and that the effect of the former is more pronounced compared to the latter. Moreover, the combination of income inequality and unemployment exacerbates the overall effect of deprivation on homicide levels.
K1 Interaction
K1 Inequality
K1 Unemployment
K1 Deprivation
K1 Violence
DO 10.1177/1088767921989068