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43 Canadian J. Criminology 219 (2001)
Income Inequality and Homicide Rates in Canada and the United States

handle is hein.journals/cjccj43 and id is 227 raw text is: Income inequality and homicide rates in Canada and the United States0') Martin Daly and Margo Wilson Department of Psychology McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario and Shawn Vasdev Department of Psychology State University of New York Stony Brook, USA Certaines recherches, d~montrant que les in~galit~s des revenus (6tablis au moyen de l'indice Gini) prdisent (ils sont peut-Ctre meme d6terminants) les taux d'homicides au niveau national ainsi qu'aux niveaux des tats et des villes, demeurent peu concluantes parce qu'il existe une relation n~gative entre les inegalitis 6conomiques et le revenu moyen. Dans ce texte, les auteurs font 6tat de comparaisons entre les provinces canadiennes pour tester le Gini et le revenu moyen. Ils ont trouv6 un rapport positif entre l'indice Gini et le taux d'homicides. Les changements temporels dans l'indice Gini pr~disent aussi les changements dans le temps des taux d'homicides au niveau des provinces. Quand les provinces canadiennes et les 6tats amricains sont combines, les in~galit4s des revenus au niveau local tendent & expliquer les taux d'homicides nationaux si diffirents de ces deux pays. Previous research showing that income inequality (assessed by the Gini index) is a predictor, and hence a possible determinant, of homicide rates, whether at the cross-national, state, or city level, has been inconclusive because of a negative relationship between economic inequity and average income. Comparison across the Canadian provinces provides a test case in which average income and the Gini are, instead, positively correlated, and we find that the positive relationship between the Gini and the homicide rate is undiminished. Temporal change in the Gini is also shown to be a significant predictor of temporal change in provincial homicide rates. When Canadian provinces and U.S. states are considered Canadian Journal of Criminology 219 to 236 Revue canadienne de criminologie April/avril 2001

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