RT Article
T1 International migration and cross-national homicide: considering the role of economic development
JF International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
VO 46
IS 2
SP 119
OP 139
A1 Rennó Santos, Mateus
A2 Weiss, Douglas B.
A2 Testa, Alexander
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1800994400
AB This study investigates the longitudinal relationship between international migration and homicide using a sample of 88 developed and developing countries from 1993 to 2015. Drawing on research demonstrating that (1) economic development reduces violent crime within countries, and (2) migrants often move to countries with improving economic conditions in search of better economic opportunities, we test the hypothesis that the relationship between international migration and homicide is spurious at the cross-national level, as both factors may be attributed to economic development. Using fixed-effects regression, we find that a negative direct association between international migration and homicide is explained by economic development. We conclude that an increase in international migration and a decrease in homicide may both be consequences of a broader process of development.
K1 Cross-national criminology
K1 correlates of homicide
K1 Economic Development
K1 International migration
K1 Homicide
DO 10.1080/01924036.2020.1844250