Exploring the Long-term Relationships Between Homicide, Politics, and the Environment.

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

Homicide rates, often regarded as a barometer of societal well-being, can exhibit multifaceted relationships with socioeconomic inequalities, national elections, and climate change. Our panel will consider how homicide is shaped by and interacts with a range of significant political and social events, and environmental phenomena. The papers presented will offer insights into novel temporal relationships spanning multiple decades, as well as specific periods marked by notable political events such as elections or changes in government. Drawing upon data from diverse contexts including America, England and Wales, and global perspectives, each presentation will employ rigorous quantitative analysis informed by interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks.

Sub Unit

• Area IV. Correlates of Crime / 29. Macro-Structural

Individual Presentations

• Examining long-term relationships between lethal and non-lethal violence, and socio-political processes in the UK 1977-2022 - Stephen Daniel Farrall, University of Nottingham; Andromachi Tseloni, Nottingham Trent University, UK; Emily Gray, University of Warwick

• From Bullets to Ballots: How Homicides Affect Local Political Behavior in the United States 1980-2016 - Jonathan Reid, Texas A&M University

• A Cross-National Examination of the Effect of Temperature Change on Homicide Trends - Mateus Renno Santos, University of South Florida; Michael J. Lynch, University of South Florida

• Charting Access to Justice for Victims of Murder and Manslaughter in England and Wales, 1997-2022. - Emily Gray, University of Warwick; Stephen Daniel Farrall, University of Nottingham; Andromachi Tseloni, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Chair

• Emily Gray, University of Warwick