2018
DOI: 10.1177/1088767918782938
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Relative Deprivation, Absolute Deprivation, and Homicide: Testing an Interaction Between Income Inequality and Disadvantage

Abstract: Both relative and absolute deprivation have effects on crime. These two concepts may be complementary, but much scholarship has treated them as separate. The present study assesses whether the effects of relative and absolute deprivation, measured as income inequality and disadvantage, respectively, interact in their effect on known homicide counts in U.S. counties. A multilevel regression model shows that there is a significant interaction between income inequality and disadvantage predicting homicide counts … Show more

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“…High levels of absolute deprivation such as poverty and unemployment and relative deprivation such as inequality and social exclusion result in high level of crime (Danziger & Wheeler, 1975;Merton, 1938;Messner & Rosenfeld, 2012). In the case of violence, Burraston et al (2018Burraston et al ( , 2019 provided evidence regarding the association of homicide rates with absolute and relative deprivation in the U.S. counties. In that case, the effect of both deprivations on homicide is dependent on the levels of one another, that is, an interactive effect on homicide.…”
Section: Conceptual Framework and Hypothesesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…High levels of absolute deprivation such as poverty and unemployment and relative deprivation such as inequality and social exclusion result in high level of crime (Danziger & Wheeler, 1975;Merton, 1938;Messner & Rosenfeld, 2012). In the case of violence, Burraston et al (2018Burraston et al ( , 2019 provided evidence regarding the association of homicide rates with absolute and relative deprivation in the U.S. counties. In that case, the effect of both deprivations on homicide is dependent on the levels of one another, that is, an interactive effect on homicide.…”
Section: Conceptual Framework and Hypothesesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The homicide rate of Global South countries is many times that of the U.S. (UNODC, 2019) likewise other socioeconomic indicators on deprivation (UNDP, 2018). Accordingly, the evidence provided in Burraston et al (2018Burraston et al ( , 2019) may be limited regarding the effects of deprivation, especially at extremely high levels.…”
Section: Conceptual Framework and Hypothesesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Thus, the theory postulates that crime rates should increase as the income gap between the wealthy and the poor widens. Empirical tests of this theory can be found in Stiles, Liu and Kaplan (2000), and Burraston et al (2018). Shaw and McKay's (1942) social disorganization theory goes beyond the independent effects of relative deprivation on crime, and rather focuses on how low economic status, Notes: Author's calculations based on data described in text ethnic heterogeneity, residential mobility, and family disruption affect the ability of a community to realize the common values of its residents and maintain effective social controls (Kornhauser, 1978;Bursik, 1988).…”
Section: Mechanisms Through Which Income Inequality Can Impact Crimementioning
confidence: 99%