Crime, Gender
and Society in India: Insights from homicide data,
Population and Development Review,
Volume 30, No. 2, 2000.
With Jean Drèze.
Crime, Gender, and Society in India: Insights from Homicide Data
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Jean Drèze
Reetika Khera
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Reetika Khera
Abstract
This study presents an analysis of inter-district variations in murder rates in India in 1981. Three significant patterns emerge. First, murder rates in India bear no significant relation with urbanization or poverty. Second, there is a negative association between literacy and criminal violence. Third, murder rates in India are highly correlated with the female-male ratio in the population: districts with higher female-male ratios have lower murder rates. Alternative hypotheses about the causal relationships underlying this connection between sex ratios and murder rates are scrutinized. One plausible explanation is that low female-male ratios and high murder rates are joint symptoms of a patriarchal environment. This study also suggests that gender relations, in general, have a crucial bearing on criminal violence. Copyright 2000 by The Population Council, Inc..
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Population and Development Review,
Volume 30, No. 2, 2000.
With Jean Drèze.
Crime, Gender, and Society in India: Insights from Homicide Data
Author Info
Jean Drèze
Reetika Khera
Registered author(s):
Reetika Khera
Abstract
This study presents an analysis of inter-district variations in murder rates in India in 1981. Three significant patterns emerge. First, murder rates in India bear no significant relation with urbanization or poverty. Second, there is a negative association between literacy and criminal violence. Third, murder rates in India are highly correlated with the female-male ratio in the population: districts with higher female-male ratios have lower murder rates. Alternative hypotheses about the causal relationships underlying this connection between sex ratios and murder rates are scrutinized. One plausible explanation is that low female-male ratios and high murder rates are joint symptoms of a patriarchal environment. This study also suggests that gender relations, in general, have a crucial bearing on criminal violence. Copyright 2000 by The Population Council, Inc..
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