RT Article
T1 The Influence of Racial Minorities and Ethnic Heterogeneity in the Estimation of Homicide Rates in the Northeast Region of Brazil: Implications for Social Disorganization Theory in the Global South
JF Homicide studies
VO 28
IS 4
SP 487
OP 514
A1 Da Silva, Carlos Fabricio Assunção
A2 de Melo, Silas Nogueira
A2 Vaughan, Adam David
A2 Santos, Alex Mota dos
A2 de Almeida Junior, Pedro Monteiro
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1905378025
AB Using social disorganization theory, the present study considers the concentration of racial minorities and the degree of ethnic heterogeneity to provide an estimation of homicide rates in the Northeast region of Brazil. Three hypotheses were considered: (1) there is a positive association between homicides and ethnic heterogeneity and black/indigenous populations, (2) the magnitude of ethnic heterogeneity is greater than race/minority groups on homicides, and (3) metropolitan regions will be associated with an increase in homicides. Through spatial modelling techniques, results indicate the plausibility of first and third hypotheses. Implications for homicide prevention and social disorganization theory in global south are discussed.
K1 Geographically weighted regression
K1 Social Disorganization Theory
K1 Homicide
K1 ethnic heterogeneity
K1 racial minorities
DO 10.1177/10887679221128006