@article{ref1,
title="Crime, gender, and society in India: insights from homicide data",
journal="Population and development review",
year="2000",
author="Dreze, J. and Khera, R.",
volume="26",
number="2",
pages="335-352",
abstract="This study presents an analysis of inter-district variations in murder rates in India in 1981. Three significant patterns emerge. First, murder rates in India bear no significant relation with urbanization or poverty. Second, there is a negative association between literacy and criminal violence. Third, murder rates in India are highly correlated with the female-male ratio in the population: districts with higher female-male ratios have lower murder rates. Alternative hypotheses about the causal relationships underlying this connection between sex ratios and murder rates are scrutinized. One plausible explanation is that low female-male ratios and high murder rates are joint symptoms of a patriarchal environment. This study also suggests that gender relations, in general, have a crucial bearing on criminal violence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0098-7921",
doi="10.1111/j.1728-4457.2000.00335.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2000.00335.x"
}