The relative contribution of income inequality and imprisonment to the variation in homicide rates among Developed (OECD), South and Central American countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1343-1350

  Nadanovsky, Paulo ^a   Cunha Cruz, Joana ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Gini; Homicide; Incarceration; Inequality; OECD; South America

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INFANT MORTALITY; OECD; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OFFENDER; POPULATION; PRISON; PUNISHMENT; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POVERTY; PRISONS; PUNISHMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; YOUNG ADULT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 71749083611     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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