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0180/2015 - Homicides and social vulnerability
Homicídios e vulnerabilidade social

Author:

• Ricardo Tavares - Tavares, Ricardo - UFOP - <rtavares77@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• VALERIA DUTRA BATISTA CATALAN - CATALAN, VALERIA DUTRA BATISTA - UFMG, MEDICINA SOCIAL - <valeriadut@yahoo.com.br>
• Pedro Machado de Melo Romano - Romano, Pedro Machado de Melo - Núcleo de Promoção de Saúde e Paz, Medicina Preventiva e Social/UFMG - <pedrommer@hotmail.com>
• Elza Machado Melo - Melo, E.M. - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Medicina Preventiva e Social - <elzamelo@medicina.ufmg.br>

Thematic Area:

Políticas em Saúde

Abstract:

The goal of this study was to analyze the spatial distribution of homicide rates (H) according to the social vulnerability index (SVI) and the quality of urban life index (QUL) in Betim, MG, from 2006 to 2011. We made descriptive analysis, Moran’s spatial correlation analysis, and spatial analyses of H, the SVI and the QUL index. During this period there were 1,383 deaths, mostly of males (91.9%), aged 15-24 years (46.9%), brown/black (76.9%), with secondary education (51.1%), and single (83.9%). There was no spatial autocorrelation, indicating that the distribution of homicide rates is random; the same occurred with the SVI and the QUL index. Taken together, however, H, the SVI and the QUL index overlapped, which was analyzed using different theories of crime, such as those addressing socioeconomic issues, explanations of drugs dealing and Durkheim’s and Habermas’ theories, namely anomie and colonization of the lifeworld. Conclusion: social vulnerability and homicide are associated from both empirical and theoretical perspectives.

Keywords:

Violence Homicide Vulnerability.

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Tavares, Ricardo, CATALAN, VALERIA DUTRA BATISTA, Romano, Pedro Machado de Melo, Melo, E.M.. Homicides and social vulnerability. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2015/Aug). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/homicides-and-social-vulnerability/15252?id=15252



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