INTENTIONAL HOMICIDES IN COSTA RICA: SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION

 

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Bibliografske podrobnosti
Avtor: Sáenz Rojas, Mario Alberto
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2006
Opis: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.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institucija:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Jezik:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/51900
Online dostop:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/sociales/article/view/51900
Ključna beseda:VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
MALES
VIOLENCE
COSTA RICA
LIMÓN
HOMICIDIOS DOLOSOS
MASCULINIDAD
VIOLENCIA