Political restraint of the market and levels of criminal homicide: A cross-national application of institutional-anomie theory
Political restraint of the market and levels of criminal homicide: A cross-national application of institutional-anomie theory
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DOI:
10.2307/2580676
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发表时间:
1997-06-01
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影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Rosenfeld, R
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作者:
Messner, SF;Rosenfeld, R
This article examines the effects on national homicide rates of political efforts to insulate personal well-being from market forces. Drawing upon recent work by Esping-Andersen and the institutional-anomie theory of crime, we hypothesize that levels of homicide will vary inversely with the ''decommodification of labor.'' We develop a measure of decommodification based on levels and patterns of welfare expenditures and include this measure in a multivariate, cross-national analysis of homicide rates. The results Its support our hypothesis and lend credibility to the institutionan-anomie perspective. The degree of decommodification is negatively related to homicide rates, net of controls for other characteristics of nations.