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- Title
Demographics and Homicide in Canada: A Fixed-Effects Analysis of the Role of Young Males on Changing Homicide Rates.
- Authors
Trussler, Tanya
- Abstract
Canadian homicide rates have declined steadily since the mid-1970s, though this overall trend has been punctuated by temporal and regional fluctuations. It is almost consistently noted that young males are overrepresented in the interpersonal violence equation, and changes in this demographic can greatly affect homicide rates. Yet the ubiquity of the positive effect of age-composition has been questioned. Using fixed-effects analysis, this paper examines the relationship between young males and homicide rate changes over a thirty-year period. Results indicate that homicide rate changes in Canada are indeed a function of changing demographics; however, the relationship is complex, and socio-economic factors both mitigate and exacerbate this relationship.
- Subjects
CANADA; JUVENILE homicide; HOMICIDE; YOUTH &; violence; CRIMINAL behavior; SUICIDAL behavior in youth
- Publication
Western Criminology Review, 2012, Vol 13, Issue 1, p53
- ISSN
1096-4886
- Publication type
Article