INTENTIONAL HOMICIDES IN COSTA RICA: SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION

 

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Author: Sáenz Rojas, Mario Alberto
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2006
Description:This article summarizes social, demographic and other environmental characteristicsof voluntary manslaughters that occurred in Costa Rica during the 1998-1999period, based on guilty verdicts given by the justice courts. It is emphasized thatmost of the offenders and the victims were male, which is associated with the linkbetween masculinity and violence, as well as some other characteristics of theoffenders. In addition, most of the crimes happened during the weekend, and it isdisturbing that Limon, the less populated province in the country, has the highestrates of voluntary manslaughter per one hundred thousand inhabitants.
Country:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/51900
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/sociales/article/view/51900
Keyword:VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
MALES
VIOLENCE
COSTA RICA
LIMÓN
HOMICIDIOS DOLOSOS
MASCULINIDAD
VIOLENCIA