• 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>
Área Temática:
Políticas em Saúde
Resumo:
O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a distribuição espacial das taxas de homicídios (H) segundo os índices de vulnerabilidade social (IVS) e de qualidade de vida urbana (IQVU), em Betim/MG, de 2006 a 2011. Foram feitas análise descritiva, análise de correlação espacial utilizando o índice de Moran e análise espacial de H, IVS e IQVU. Ocorreram no período, 1.383 óbitos, com predomínio de homens (91,9%), de 15 a 24 anos (46,9%), pardos/pretos (76,9%), com ensino médio (51,1%) e solteiros (83,9%). Não se verificou autocorrelação espacial, indicando que a distribuição das taxas de homicídio é aleatória, o mesmo ocorrendo com o IVS e com o IQVU. Em conjunto, no entanto, houve sobreposição de H, IVS, IQV, o que foi analisado à luz de diferentes teorias explicativas do crime, desde as que abordam a desigualdade social, passando pelas que pautam o tráfico de armas e drogas até chegar às teorias de Durkheim e Habermas, respectivamente, anomia e colonização do mundo da vida. Conclusão: tanto do ponto de vista empírico como teórico, vulnerabilidade social e homicídio se mostram associados.
Palavras-chave:
homicídios
Violência
vulnerabilidade social
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.
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.
