Crime, gender, and society in India:: Insights from homicide data
Crime, gender, and society in India:: Insights from homicide data
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1728-4457.2000.00335.x
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发表时间：
2000-06-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Khera, R
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作者：
Drèze, J;Khera, R
这项研究分析了1981年印度谋杀率的地区间差异。出现了三种重要的模式。首先，印度的谋杀率与城市化或贫困没有显著关系。第二，识字与犯罪暴力之间存在负关联。第三，印度的谋杀率与人口中的男女比例高度相关：男女比例较高的地区谋杀率较低。关于性别比和谋杀率之间这种联系背后的因果关系的另一种假设被仔细审查。一种看似合理的解释是，低男女比例和高谋杀率是父权环境的共同症状。这项研究还表明，总的来说，性别关系对刑事暴力有着至关重要的影响。
This study presents an analysis of inter-district variations in murder rates in India in 1981. Three significant patterns emerge. First, murder rates in India bear no significant relation with urbanization or poverty. Second, there is a negative association between literacy and criminal violence. Third, murder rates in India are highly correlated with the female-male ratio in the population: districts with higher female-male ratios have lower murder rates. Alternative hypotheses about the causal relationships underlying this connection between sex ratios and murder rates are scrutinized. One plausible explanation is that low female-male ratios and high murder rates are joint symptoms of a patriarchal environment. This study also suggests that gender relations, in general, have a crucial bearing on criminal violence.