RT Article
T1 Trends, Correlates, and Contexts of Robbery-Homicide in South Africa
JF Homicide studies
VO 28
IS 1
SP 27
OP 51
A1 Bowman, Brett
A2 Kramer, Sherianne
A2 Salau, Sulaiman
A2 Matzopoulos, Richard
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1878572431
AB South Africa has amongst the highest rates of homicide in the world, yet little is known about the contexts that shape fatal violence. One frequently feared context is robbery. We examine 68,801 robberies reported between 2003 and 2014 to predict risk factors for cases resulting in victim death. Robbery-homicide is rare in South Africa and its risk factors differ from the country’s overall homicide profile. Significant correlates include day of the week, time of the day and the victim’s race. These findings demonstrate how context-sensitive understandings of violence are crucial to advancing research on homicide in low- and middle-income countries.
K1 Violence
K1 Correlates
K1 South Africa
K1 Contextual factors
K1 robbery-homicide
DO 10.1177/10887679211070230