Rogers, M.L. & Pridemore, W.A. (2016). The (null) effect of percent young on 15 to 24 age-specific and male- and female-specific corss-national homicide rates. Homicide Studies, 20(3), 257-292.

Abstract

Recent systematic research indicated percent of the population that is young is not significantly associated with cross-national homicide victimization rates. However, there are theoretical reasons to expect percent young may be associated with 15-24 age-specific and with gender-specific cross-national homicide victimization rates . We test three hypotheses: percent young is associated with 15-24 age-specific, male-specific, and female-specific homicide victimization rates. We employed data for 1999-2004 from a sample of 54 nations and utilized multiple statistical analyses. Results indicate no significant association between percent young and 15-24 age-specific and gender-specific homicide victimization rates. We situate our findings within the larger literature.