Race and Homicide in the U.S. National Longitudinal Mortality Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7843906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A J Kposowa (0000-0002-7509-7957, University of California, Riverside, corresponding author), Glenn T Tsunokai (0000-0003-3084-8398, Western Washington University), James P McElvain (University of California, Riverside) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 1-27 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-7938 • E-ISSN: 1537-7946 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j222v04n01_01 |
| OpenAlex | W1965615024 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 30 |
The purpose of the study was to examine long-term trends and socioeconomic and structural covariates of homicide victimization. In particular, it examined black race as a risk factor, and whether its effect would be eliminated if appropriate controls are made for indicators of disadvantage, such as unemployment, low educational attainment, and low income. To study time trends, National Vital Statistics data were used. To examine covariate effects, data were derived from the U.S. National Longitudinal Mortality Study. Controlling for education and demographic covariates reduced the black race effect by nearly 30%. When employment status and income were taken into account, the risk was reduced by over 41%. Inner-city residence was one of the strongest predictors of homicide. The impact of black race was reduced but not eliminated. Support was found for social disadvantage theory, but some disadvantage indicators predicted homicide more strongly among whites than blacks
Covariate · Disadvantage · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Environmental health · Geography · Homicide · Injury prevention · Poison control · Political science · Population · Residence · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Unemployment · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Demography · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Medicine · Psychology
Code of the street
The current population survey
Two nations
Streetwise
Unemployment and suicide
Regression Models and Life-Tables
The Truly Disadvantaged
Social Change and Crime Rate Trends
Social Structure and Anomie
An Errors‐in‐variable Model of the Effect of Poverty on Urban Homicide Rates
Reexamining Social Disorganization Theory Using Calls to the Police as a Measure of Crime
Structural Covariates of Homicide Rates
Social Structure and Anomie
The Cost of Inequality
The Social Production of Criminal Homicide
Beyond Social Capital
Social Change and Crime Rate Trends
Economic Sources of Homicide
The Structural Context of Homicide
Economic Deprivation and Neighborhood Crime Rates, 1960-1980
Neighborhood Disadvantage, Disorder, and Health
Extremely Disadvantaged Neighborhoods and Urban Crime
Ethnic Inequality and the Rate of Homicide
Assessing 'Neighborhood Effects
Size Matters
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |