RT Article
T1 Social Change, Gender Stratification and the Sex Gap of Homicide Victimization in 76 Countries, 1975–2017
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 63
IS 4
SP 1058
OP 1079
A1 Lu, Yunmei
A2 Rennó Santos, Mateus
A2 Zhang, Zhe
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1868997898
AB This study examines the longitudinal change in the sex gap of homicide victimization in 76 countries between 1975 and 2017. We compiled a cross-national dataset with homicide victimization data from WHO and structural measures from multiple databases. Our findings reveal that countries with low homicide rates and rapid homicide decline are more likely to have narrowing sex gaps, and that the narrowing gaps are mainly driven by male homicide decline. Different from the prior literature, we find null associations between most measures of gender stratification and the sex gap. Instead, results reveal that aging population is associated with a narrowing sex gap. Implications are discussed, including the specific effects of the study period and the shifting dynamics of homicide trends.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 1077-1079
K1 sex gap
K1 Homicide
K1 Crime trends
K1 Victimization
K1 Cross-national
DO 10.1093/bjc/azac077