Regional Subculture and Homicide
An Examination of the Gastil-Hackney Thesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5248286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin Loftin, Robert H Hill |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 714 |
| Publication date | 1974-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2094316 |
| PMID | 4433078 |
| OpenAlex | W2000959907 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 164 |
| References cited | 5 |
Two recent comparative studies of regional variation in U.S. homicide rates by Sheldon Hackney and Raymond Gastil have been widely interpreted as verifying the hypothesis that the high levels of interpersonal violence, which characterize the Southern region, result largely from cultural factors that exist independent of the effects of situational variables. A close examination of Gastil's and Hackney's studies reveals that their estimates of the independent effects of regional culture are based on poor measurement and arebiased in the direction of the culture of violence hypothesis. A new regression analysis of similar data using slightly modified procedures demonstrates the weaknesses of their procedures by showing that it is possible to obtain estimates of cultural and situational effects vastly different from those obtained by Gastil and Hackney
Biology · Criminology · Environmental health · Homicide · Poison control · Sociology · Subculture (biology · Suicide prevention · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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| Unique citing works | 164 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,22 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 2025 (51) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 162 |