Citation

Pettigrew TF, Spier RB. Am. J. Sociol. 1962; 67(6): 621-629.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1962, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/223226

PMID

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Abstract

State rates of Negro American homicide vary sharply across the nation. An ecological analysis of these differences reveals two principal correlates: homicidal culture (as measured by the white homicide rates of the native states of Negroes) and the percentage of non-white makes born out of state. Two orthogonal patterns of high Negro homicide rates emerge: one involves high homicidal culture with rapid social change and is centered in fringe southern states; the other involves medium homicidal culture with high non-white in-migration and is centered in the Midwest. These findings are consistent with a variety of historical, survey, and crime data on homicidal culture and migration.

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