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Why is violent crime so common in the Americas?

✍ Scribed by Nigel Barber

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 147 KB
Volume: 32
Category: Article
ISSN: 0096-140X
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20144

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✦ Synopsis

Violent crimes, including murders, rapes, and assaults are substantially higher in the Americas than other regions of the world. This study investigated the role of single parenthood ratios in accounting for this regional variation in violent crime of 39 countries using INTERPOL data. It pitted the prediction of parental investment (calling for a delayed relationship between single parenthood and crime) against a mating aggression hypothesis that predicted a contemporaneous effect. Regression analyses found that current single parenthood ratios were strongly and consistently predictive of violent crimes whereas single parenthood ratios 18 years earlier were not and this conclusion remained following controls for income inequality and the population sex ratio. The results indicate that the regional difference in violent crime is best explained in terms of mating competition rather than reduced parental investment.

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