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NCJ 194062
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Title:
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Social Structure and Homicide in Post-Soviet Russia
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NIJ Research Report
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Author(s):
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William A. Pridemore
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Date Published:
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2000 |
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Page Count:
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285 |
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Sponsoring Agency:
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Grant Number:
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1999-IJ-CX-0009 |
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Sale Source:
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State University of New York at Albany
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
United States |
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Agency Summary:
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Agency Summary |
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Type:
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Studies/research reports |
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Language:
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English |
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Country:
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United States |
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Annotation:
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This study used recently available demographic, economic,
mortality, and crime data to describe the temporal, demographic,
and spatial variation of homicide rates among the 89 Russian
regions; further, structural models developed to fit patterns of
homicide in the United States were estimated with these data to
assess the cross-sectional effects of social structural
characteristics on the variation of homicide rates within Russia
compared to similar U.S. studies. |
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Abstract:
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Descriptive analyses display a steep decline in the homicide
victimization rate in Russia in the mid-1980's, followed by a
period during the late 1980's and early 1990's when the homicide
rate more than tripled. Both homicide victims and offenders in
Russia tended to be much older than their American counterparts.
Multivariate analyses indicated that poverty and other elements of
social disorganization, such as ethnic heterogeneity and
single-parent households, were positively and significantly
associated with the variation in homicide victimization rates;
levels of alcohol consumption were also positively related to
homicide rates; and the lower-than-average homicide rates in the
Northern Caucasus regions and the higher-than-average rates in
the regions east of the Ural mountains could not be explained
solely by their structural features. Finally, in spite of
significantly differing cultures, histories, and contemporary
experiences, a comparison of the Russian results with those from
comparable studies in the United States yielded similar patterns
in the relationships between structural characteristics and
homicide rates. This indicates that social structure plays an
important role in the variation of homicide rates within nations,
despite any cultural and historical differences that might exist
among them. 16 tables, 22 figures, 244 references, and appended
supplementary materials |
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Main Term(s):
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Crime prevention planning |
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Index Term(s):
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Economic influences ; Social conditions ; Comparative analysis ; Crime in foreign countries ; Homicide causes ; Homicide trends ; NIJ grant-related documents ; United States of America ; Russian Federation |
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Dataset may be archived by the NIJ Data Resources Program at the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data |
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