TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Crime, gender, and society in India: insights from homicide data
JO  - Population and development review
A1  - Dreze, J.
A1  - Khera, R.
SP  - 335
EP  - 352
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0098-7921
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2000.00335.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -