@article{ref1,
title="Revisiting the southern culture of violence",
journal="Sociological quarterly, The",
year="2007",
author="Lee, Matthew R. and Bankston, William B. and Hayes, Timothy C. and Thomas, Shaun A.",
volume="48",
number="2",
pages="253-275",
abstract="This analysis revisits the Southern culture of violence thesis. Several limitations of prior research are addressed by probing for a cultural influence on situation- and race-specific rates of homicide in both rural and urban communities. Negative binomial regression analyses of county-level homicide and census data indicate that the density of Southern-born whites is positively associated with white argument-based homicide rates in rural areas. When this relationship is examined outside of the spatial boundaries of the South—a critical test for a regionally based cultural influence on violence—the results are identical. We interpret these findings as suggestive of a cultural influence and situate them in a discussion of the broader theoretical state of research on regional variations in violence.<p />",
language="",
issn="0038-0253",
doi="10.1111/j.1533-8525.2007.00078.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1533-8525.2007.00078.x"
}