Governance, Deterrence, and National Homicide Rate

Governance, Deterrence, and National Homicide Rate

Dr. Barr Younker

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Dr. Don Soo Chon

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Dr. Theresa Pelfrey

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Auburn University at Montgomery

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By extending the deterrence theory to national level, the current study tested the hypothesis that ineffective government is largely responsible for higher homicide rate in a nation. The homicide data required for the test were collected from the World Health Organization and the information on governance from the World Bank’s World Governance Indicators for 122 nations. The results from the regression models supported the deterrence theory. An ineffective and dysfunctional government was one of the primary sources for a nation’s high homicide rate. Also, other control variables, such as relative poverty and ethnic heterogeneity, were positively related to the homicide rate in a nation.

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Dr. Barr Younker. 2013. \u201cGovernance, Deterrence, and National Homicide Rate\u201d. Global Journal of Human-Social Science - E: Economics GJHSS-E Volume 13 (GJHSS Volume 13 Issue E4): .

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

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cross-national study deterrence theory Governance homicide macro-level analysis

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Country: United States

Subject: Global Journal of Human-Social Science - E: Economics

Authors: Dr. Barr Younker, Dr. Don Soo Chon, Dr. Theresa Pelfrey (PhD/Dr. count: 3)

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