Citation

Vieraitis LM, Britto S, Kovandzic TV. Fem. Criminol. 2007; 2(1): 57-73.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1557085106294187

PMID

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Abstract

Feminists have long argued that structural inequality between men and women influences the prevalence of female homicide victimization. In the present study, a cross-sectional analysis was performed using data on 3,083 U.S. counties in 2000 to assess the impact of women's absolute status and gender inequality along educational, employment, income, and occupational dimensions and patriarchal culture on their risk of homicide victimization. The findings indicate that only women's absolute status contributes to our understanding of cross-sectional variation in female homicide rates across U.S. counties and lends support to Marxist feminist theory.