Citation

Gaston S, Sewell CO. Homicide Stud. 2021; 25(2): 111-138.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1088767920939312

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study contributes to homicide research by parsing out the Hispanic Effect and applying an intersectional approach to examining U.S. homicide victimization trends by race, ethnicity, and gender, jointly. Drawing on mortality data, we document and describe total, firearm, and non-firearm homicide victimization rates from 1990 to 2016 for six subgroups: Black women, Black men, Hispanic women, Hispanic men, White women, and White men. The analysis of within- and between-group homicide trends reveals important subgroup-specific patterns that prior studies using aggregate or confounded data have masked. The findings have important research, theory, and policy implications and advocate for an intersectional approach to studying homicide.

Language: en

Keywords

crime trends; firearms; gender and crime; homicide; intersectionality; race and crime; violence