The Impact of Women’s Status and Gender Inequality on Female Homicide Victimization Rates: Evidence From U.S. Counties

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Law and Justice

Publication Date

1-2007

Abstract

Feminists have long argued that structural inequality between men and women influences the prevalence of female homicide victimization. In the present study, a cross-sectional analysis was performed using data on 3,083 U.S. counties in 2000 to assess the impact of women’s absolute status and gender inequality along educational, employment, income, and occupational dimensions and patriarchal culture on their risk of homicide victimization. The findings indicate that only women’s absolute status contributes to our understanding of cross-sectional variation in female homicide rates across U.S. counties and lends support to Marxist feminist theory.

Comments

This article was originally published in Feminist Criminology. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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Journal

Feminist Criminology

Rights

© 2007 Sage Publications

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