@article{ref1,
title="The relationship between urbanisation and cross-national homicide rates: robustness across multiple estimation methods",
journal="International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice",
year="2016",
author="Levchak, Philip J.",
volume="40",
number="3",
pages="225-243",
abstract="SUrbanisation has generally been found to be a non-significant predictor of homicide rates in cross-national studies. Despite this, there is strong theoretical support for the presence of a positive association between the two. The present study analyses data for up to 57 nations for the period 1993-2005 and examines the relationship between urbanisation and homicide using pooled ordinary least squares, feasible generalised least squares, panel-corrected standard errors, fixed-effects, and random-effects estimation. The results show that urbanisation is one of the strongest predictors of homicide in the cross-national context. This is consistent with the expected relationship according to modernisation theory and suggests that rapidly urbanising nations should be concerned with the unintended consequences of urbanisation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0192-4036",
doi="10.1080/01924036.2016.1153492",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2016.1153492"
}