TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - The effect of absolute and relative deprivation on homicides in Brazil
JO  - Homicide studies
A1  - Aransiola, Temidayo James
A1  - Ceccato, Vânia
A1  - Justus, Marcelo
SP  - 361
EP  - 386
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
N2  - This paper investigates the effect of absolute deprivation (proxy unemployment) and relative deprivation (proxy income inequality) on homicide levels in Brazil. A database from the Brazilian Information System about Mortality and Census of the year 2000 and 2010 was used to estimate negative binomial models of homicide levels controlling for socioeconomic, demographic, and geographic factors. <br><br>FINDINGS show that unemployment and income inequality affect homicides levels and that the effect of the former is more pronounced compared to the latter. Moreover, the combination of income inequality and unemployment exacerbates the overall effect of deprivation on homicide levels.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1088-7679
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1088767921989068
ID  - ref1
ER  -