Criminal Threat, Immigrant/Minority Threat, and Political Ideology

An Examination of Handgun Permits Across Texas Counties

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ID10764366
AuthorsS E Costanza (0000-0001-8729-7684, University of South Alabama, corresponding author), Ronald Helms (Western Washington University), John C Kilburn (0000-0002-4714-8104, Texas A&M International University), David A Bowers (University of South Alabama)
Year2020
Volume101
Issue4
Pages1442-1460
Publication date2020-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-4941 • E-ISSN: 1540-6237
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ssqu.12800
OpenAlexW3041483882
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited60

Objectives To assess the extent to which crime, Hispanic‐to‐white population changes, black‐to‐white population changes, and conservative political appeals affect gun permit application rates across Texas counties. Methods This article uses spatial lag regression and robust regression with county‐level data to assess structural sources of variation in handgun permitting across Texas counties in 2016. Conclusions Spatial and robust regression model results confirm that median incomes, Republican votes, and rising rates of Hispanic‐to‐white populations are significant predictors of handgun permit application rates. The results call attention to the centrality of Hispanic threat and the prevalence of partisan politics in aggregate permit‐seeking processes

Affect (linguistics) · Centrality · Criminology · Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Ideology · Immigration · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Statistics · White (mutation) · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Demography · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Law · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

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