Race, economic inequality, and violent crime

Stolzenberg, Lisa; Eitle, David; D’Alessio, Stewart J.

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2006.03.002

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“…Arthur (1991) finds in criminology that homicides can be explained with an individual's reaction to resource deprivation or material disadvantage that causes personal frustration and diffuse hostility (cf., Nettler, 1984, p. 229). Stolzenberg, Eitle and D'Alessio (2006) confirm that violence is based on economic deprivation that acts as a motivational factor in the manifestation of crime. Overall, economic inequality of countries, driven by population-resource imbalance (population pressure), engenders resentment, hostility, frustration, which can be situational factors of terrorism and violence in society (cf., Blau & Blau, 1982).…”

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A Theory of General Causes of Terrorism - High Population Growth, Income Inequality and Relative Deprivation

Coccia

2018

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This paper has two goals. The first is to analyze the possible association between demographic factors and effects of terrorist attacks in society. The second is to detect possible socioeconomic and psychosocial risk factors. These topics are basic in social sciences because terrorism is growing both in rich and in developing nations (Devezas & Santos, 2006; Root causes, 2015;Li & Schaub, 2004;Norris et al., 2013; Reardon, Abstract.A fundamental problem in psychosocial sciences is how to explain the root causes of terrorism. The vast literature has analyzed several determinants of terrorism. However, the precise role of demographic factors for the evolution of terrorism is hardly known. Statistical evidence here reveals that fatalities for incidents of terrorism are associated with growth rates of population. This finding seems to suggest that terrorism thrives -in average-in specific regions with high growth rates of population that may generate income inequality, subsistence stress and relative deprivation of people. In addition, geospatial analysis here reveals that countries with high association between fatalities from terrorist incidents and population growth are mainly in Africa and Middle East. Overall, then, the study here can clarify and generalize whenever possible, one of the causes of terrorism, which seems to be due to sociodemographic factors combined with psychosocial risk factors. Finally, the study suggests socioeconomic policies directed to reduce this critical problem in society.

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A Theory of General Causes of Terrorism - High Population Growth, Income Inequality and Relative Deprivation

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2018

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“…Both Peterson and Krivo (1999) and Krivo and Peterson (2000) find no effect of segregation on white crime rates. However, other research finds positive effects on white crime rates (Parker and Pruitt 2000) or else negative effects Ousey 1998 andStolzenberg et al 2006). However, Krivo and Peterson (2000) employ cities as units of analysis, which can lead to an errors-in-variables bias (Geronimus et al 1996).…”

Section: Segregation Insulates White Communities From Crimementioning

confidence: 95%

“…The results for the effect of segregation on white crime rates are less clear. Parker and Pruitt (2000) find a positive effect of the dissimilarity index on white homicide rates (when longterm concentrated poverty is included), while Stolzenberg et al (2006) finds a negative relationship between segregation and white crime rates. Both Peterson and Krivo (1999) and Krivo and Peterson (2000) find no effects; furthermore, it is difficult to gauge what effect racial residential segregation has on white crime rates.…”

Section: Summary Of the Research On Segregation's Impact On Race-specmentioning

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Benefits of Segregation for White Communities: A Review of the Literature and Directions for Future Research

Beaulieu

Continelli

2011

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The relationship between racial residential segregation and AfricanAmerican crime rates has thoroughly been explored within the literature on race and crime. However, predictions are mixed when addressing the relationship between racial residential segregation and white crime. According to Massey (2001), whites should be expected to benefit from segregation. This paper explores the research and the literature related to racial residential segregation and crime from the perspective of white advantage. Specifically, it is postulated that racial residential segregation may benefit whites economically, politically, and culturally via several key pathways: by removing them from residential areas of concentrated disadvantage, by distancing them from criminogenic subcultures and areas of higher victimization, and by maintaining political stability and/or reinvestment in white neighborhoods. The methods by which these relationships may be empirically tested are discussed. We further explore different measures of racial segregation, as well as potential intervening variables that may mediate the relationship between racial residential segregation and crime, and discuss the benefits and implications for their inclusion in future research.

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“…Residents of low SES neighborhoods have reduced access to healthpromoting resources, 23 such as adequate preventive care, [14][15][16] healthy foods, [5][6][7] and built environments that promote physical activity, [11][12][13] all of which influence risk of mortality. Residents of low SES neighborhoods may also experience greater psychosocial stress due to exposure to crime, [46][47][48] social disorder, 49,50 racial or economic segregation, 38,51,52 lack of municipal services, 8,53 and limited access to mental health services. 54,55 Allostatic load, a measure of the biological response to stress, has been positively associated with mortality.…”

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Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status in Relation to All-cause, Cancer, and Cardiovascular Mortality in the Black Women’s Health Study

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Results: Based on 2,598 deaths during 1995-2011, lower neighborhood SES was associated with increased all-cause and cancer mortality irrespective of individual education: among those with 16 or more years of education, HRs for lowest relative to highest neighborhood SES quartile were 1.42 (95% CI 1.18-1.71) for all-cause and 1.54 (95% CI 1.14-2.07) for cancer mortality. Neighborhood SES was associated with cardiovascular mortality among lesseducated women. Conclusions:Lower neighborhood SES is associated with greater risk of mortality among Black women. The presence of the association even among women with high levels of education suggests that individual SES may not overcome the unfavorable influence of neighborhood deprivation. Ethn

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Race, economic inequality, and violent crime

Cited by 49 publications

References 34 publications

A Theory of General Causes of Terrorism - High Population Growth, Income Inequality and Relative Deprivation

A Theory of General Causes of Terrorism - High Population Growth, Income Inequality and Relative Deprivation

Benefits of Segregation for White Communities: A Review of the Literature and Directions for Future Research

Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status in Relation to All-cause, Cancer, and Cardiovascular Mortality in the Black Women’s Health Study

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