The effect of rural population on homicide rates across the rural-urban continuum: A county level analysis

Kowalski, Gregory S.; Duffield, Don W.

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“…This mutilation is intentional by the criminals to destroy all traces of identity for facilitate disposal of the body (19). A separate study demonstrated that as rurality increases, homicide rates decrease (23). Similarly we have reported higher cases of strangulation death of female in urban areas.…”

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Strangulation Femicide in North India-an Autopsy and Circumstantial Based Study

Singh¹,

Singh²,

Kumari³

et al. 2019

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Femicide and violence against women is a critical medico legal issue in our intellectual world since the time mortal. Strangulation is most dreaded form violence. So, we designed this retrospective observational analytical study to review the prevalence and other related factors in strangulation death of female victims.We included female corpses, brought between Jan 2007 to Dec 2016 at mortuary of King George Medical University, Lucknow, a tertiary care center of India.During this time period a total 1318 (2.95% of total autopsy) cases of asphyxia death were recorded against women. Autopsy and circumstantial-based findings of 1318 female corpses were reviewed to identify these N=245 (0.55% of total autopsy) female corpses of strangulation death. Roughly more than 50% cases belong to below 30 years of age while most common age group involved is 21-30 years. In 49 cases (77.55% cases were belonging to 0 to 30 years of age group), women were sexually assaulted before strangulating to death. Out of total 245 strangulation death, 47 (19.18%) female corpses were unidentified. A total of 29 cases are strangled by their intimate partner as a result of domestic violence A total of 64% female corpses were belonging to urban areas. Strangulations by hand (palmer, elbow etc) were the most common method followed by material like clothes and rope, used by accused to strangulate female victims. Fractures occurred in only 17.96 % of victims. This is an autopsy-based study, categorizing strangulation death of female on several parameters; showing younger age group is most commonly victimized.

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Strangulation Femicide in North India-an Autopsy and Circumstantial Based Study

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Kumari³

et al. 2019

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Capital Punishment and the Deterrence of Violent Crime in Comparable Counties

Cheatwood¹

1993

Criminal Justice Review

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A matching process identified 293 pairs of counties in the United States that share 45 percent or more of their borders across a state line. Data from the 1988 County and City Data Book were then used to examine social, demographic, and economic differences within these matched pairs, with the difference in the violent crime rate in each pair employed as the dependent variable. Three variables reflecting the existence and use of capital punishment in the two states represented in each matched pair-the existence of a provision for capital punishment, the number of people executed since 1976, and the number of people currently held on death row-were then entered in the analysis to examine the effects of capital punishment. The capital punishment variables did not account for any significant portion of the differences in the violent crime rates, and, contrary to deterrence theory, what effects these variables did have were positive. These findings support the large number of studies at state and national levels that have found no deterrent effect of capital punishment.

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Shootings across the rural–urban continuum

Ceccato,

Mentel,

Levine

et al. 2024

Crime Sci

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In this article, we investigate situations involving firearm violence in Sweden. The spatiotemporal distribution of records is assessed in different contexts across the country and linked to land use, demographic, and socio-economic characteristics by area and by street segment. The findings emphasize the prevalence of evening shootings, particularly in economically disadvantaged areas where young people congregate in public places often in residential areas, in parks, in playgrounds, and in transit areas. Although two-thirds of shootings took place in larger urban municipalities, our study sheds light on the non-uniform distribution of gun violence along the rural–urban continuum. We conclude by offering suggestions for future research and practical interventions to address this pressing issue that negatively affects people and communities.

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The effect of rural population on homicide rates across the rural-urban continuum: A county level analysis

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Strangulation Femicide in North India-an Autopsy and Circumstantial Based Study

Strangulation Femicide in North India-an Autopsy and Circumstantial Based Study

Capital Punishment and the Deterrence of Violent Crime in Comparable Counties

Shootings across the rural–urban continuum

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