THE STRUCTURAL COVARIATES OF URBAN HOMICIDE: REASSESSING THE IMPACT OF INCOME INEQUALITY AND POVERTY IN THE POST-REAGAN ERA
Numerous studies have explored the relationship between rates of homicide and income inequality and poverty. However, a general consensus on the theoretical and empirical connections among these variables has yet to be reached. This article reports the findings of a city‐level analysis of this relat...
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| Published in: | Criminology (Beverly Hills) Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 569 - 600 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01-08-1998
Sage Publications American Society of Criminology |
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| Summary: | Numerous studies have explored the relationship between rates of homicide and income inequality and poverty. However, a general consensus on the theoretical and empirical connections among these variables has yet to be reached. This article reports the findings of a city‐level analysis of this relationship, using 1990 data for the 190 largest cities in the United States. In order to address several methodological and theoretical concerns in prior literature, three separate measures of inequality and three categories of disaggregated homicide rates are analyzed. The results suggest that both inequality and poverty have significant and independent positive effects on rates of homicide in U.S. cities following the largest increase in the economic gap between rich and poor in our nation's history. |
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| Bibliography: | ArticleID:CRIM569 We would like to acknowledge the helpful comments and suggestions made by Gary Kleck, Theodore G. Chiricos. and Michael J. Lynch, who reviewed earlier versions of this manuscript. The manuscript also benefited considerably from the comments of the reviewers and the editor of Criminology. ark:/67375/WNG-NRJJ99CD-G istex:8D9F68C8290F463283966008EDFBBDB6376C382D We would like to acknowledge the helpful comments and suggestions made by Gary Kleck, Theodore G. Chiricos. and Michael J. Lynch, who reviewed earlier versions of this manuscript. The manuscript also benefited considerably from the comments of the reviewers and the editor of Lynne M. Vieraitis is a doctoral candidate in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. Her current research interests are the effects of inequality on crime and the critical analysis of corporate crime. Mark R. Yeisley is a doctoral candidate in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. He is currently researching poverty and inequality in the community context, including efforts to control crime through capital reinvestment in disadvantaged communities. Tomislav V. Kovandzic is a doctoral candidate in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. He recently was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Justice Sciences at the University of Alabama‐Birmingham. His current research interests include the analysis of structural covariates of crime and the relationship between guns and violence. . Criminology ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
| ISSN: | 0011-1384 1745-9125 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1998.tb01259.x |