RT Article
T1 Arms Risk: The Role of Female Political Representation
JF International criminal justice review
VO 34
IS 2
SP 101
OP 115
A1 DiRienzo, Cassandra
A2 Das, Jayoti
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1887856935
AB There are approximately one billion small arms and light weapons (SALW)—rifles, pistols, and light machine guns—circulating throughout the globe, many of which are in the “wrong hands” meaning that they are in the possession of criminals, terrorists, and/or extremists. We hypothesize that greater female political representation has both a direct and an indirect effect on arms risk, or the risk that SALW fall into the “wrong hands.” We contend that greater female political representation directly reduces arms risk as female politicians are more likely to support SALW regulation. Further, greater female political representation indirectly effects arms risk by mitigating conditions necessary for the illicit trade of SALW. Using a causal mediation analysis and a cross-country dataset, we offer empirical evidence that greater female political representation has both a direct and indirect effect in reducing a country's arms risk.
K1 Shadow economy
K1 female political representation
K1 SALW
K1 arms risk
DO 10.1177/10575677231166750