The effects of detrimental drinking patterns and drug use on female homicide victimization rates across Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7742573 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janet P Stamatel (University of Kentucky, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1090-1107 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-3921 • E-ISSN: 1461-7064 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0011392115617815 |
| OpenAlex | W2262065715 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 45 |
This study examines the extent to which drinking patterns and drug use can explain cross-national variations in female homicide victimization across Europe. Given the limitations in measuring femicide consistently across a large number of countries, this study uses mortality data on recorded female deaths as a proxy to explain differences in levels of this kind of violence against women across Europe. In particular, it focuses on national-level patterns of alcohol and drug use as predictors, controlling for other known structural correlates. Contrary to findings of previous studies, cultural drinking patterns were not significantly related to female homicide victimization in this sample of countries, but detrimental drug use was
Criminology · Demographic economics · Domestic violence · Economics · Environmental health · Femicide · Geography · Homicide · Injury prevention · Poison control · Proxy (statistics) · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues
Gender Inequality, Violence Against Women, and Fear
The Drugs/Violence Nexus
The global prevalence of intimate partner homicide
Cross-National Predictors of Crime
Alcohol and public health
Crime and Public Policy
Cross-National Crime
Women, Crime and Criminal Justice
Femicide
Overcoming the Neglect of Social Process in Cross‐National and Comparative Criminology
The Role of Ethnicity and Context
Homicide
Vodka and Violence
Social welfare support and homicide
Structural and Cultural Determinants of Adult Homicide in Developed Countries
Correlates of National-level Homicide Variation in Post-Communist East-Central Europe
Counting Crime Booms Among Nations
A Methodological Addition to the Cross‐national Empirical Literature on Social Structure and Homicide
Poverty, Infant Mortality, and Homicide Rates in Cross‐national Perspective
Poverty Matters
Incorporating Socio‐Historical Context into Quantitative Cross‐National Criminology
The Victims of Homicide
The changing nature of murder in Russia
Post-Communism
Gender Stratification and the Gender Gap in Homicide Victimization
Alcohol, Drugs, and Violence
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |