title: Some social correlates of homicide rates in Italy.
abstract: In Italy, as elsewhere, homicide rates are higher in poorer regions. Unemployment rates associated strongly and positively with homicide rates, explaining up to 54% of variance in regional distribution of homicide rates across the 20 Italian administrative regions.
authors.affiliation: Genneruxi Medical Center, Cagliari, Italy. apreti@tin.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Preti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Miotto
mesh_terms: D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors