Defining crimes across countries is important for the field of cross-national criminology because it allows criminologist to properly evaluate and measure specific crimes equally amongst different countries. However, this is one of the problems with cross-national studies of crime which is its inconsistency in the definition of crimes across nations. One of the remedies for these problems is researchers can focus largely on the crime of homicide because it’s the least definition that varies. According to UNODC, homicide is the “unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person”. This paper is fixated on comparing the homicide rates of four countries since it’s the least definition of crime that varies across nationally.
An analysis of four Latin American countries, Chile, Honduras, Mexico and Venezuela, reveals a relationship between the level of development and homicide rate: the more developed countries have a lower homicide rate. Two factors that are used to define the level of development: Economic growth (Gross domestic product) (Unemployment rate) (Inequality gap) and human Welfare (Life expectancy) (Birth and infant mortality rate) (Education and health expenditures) …show more content…
To begin, analyzing cross-national crime is an important, but challenging to criminologist and sociologist. Although the amount of published criminological articles using a cross-national approach is expanding, this area of research is still comparatively young. Majority of the studies exhibit contradictory findings and conclusions. However, one social condition, income equality is positively associated with homicide rate (Lafree, 1999). Researcher, Lafree (1999) made six generalizations about factors that indicate homicide rates and found that inequality was the most constant predictor of homicide
An analysis of four Latin American countries, Chile, Honduras, Mexico and Venezuela, reveals a relationship between the level of development and homicide rate: the more developed countries have a lower homicide rate. Two factors that are used to define the level of development: Economic growth (Gross domestic product) (Unemployment rate) (Inequality gap) and human Welfare (Life expectancy) (Birth and infant mortality rate) (Education and health expenditures) …show more content…
To begin, analyzing cross-national crime is an important, but challenging to criminologist and sociologist. Although the amount of published criminological articles using a cross-national approach is expanding, this area of research is still comparatively young. Majority of the studies exhibit contradictory findings and conclusions. However, one social condition, income equality is positively associated with homicide rate (Lafree, 1999). Researcher, Lafree (1999) made six generalizations about factors that indicate homicide rates and found that inequality was the most constant predictor of homicide