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The Enduring Puzzle of Southern Homicide

Is Regional Religious Culture the Missing Piece?

Christopher G. Ellison

University of Texas at Austin

Jeffrey A. Burr

University of Massachusetts-Boston

Patricia L. Mccall

North Carolina State University

The purpose of this study is to examine the issue of regional differences in homicide rates by focusing on the role of religious culture—specifically, the influence of the southern brand of conservative Protestantism in sustaining and legitimating distinctive forms of violence. A rationale for focusing on Southern religious culture is outlined and several hypotheses derived from these arguments are tested using 1980 data on homicide rates, religious concentrations, and socioeconomic and other characteristics of 247 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). After controlling for a number of relevant covariates, this study finds a positive relationship between percent conservative Protestant and homicide rates; the effect is significant in Southern MSAs but not in non-Southern MSAs. The findings' implications for research on regional variations in violence are discussed and promising directions for future research on this issue are outlined.

Key Words: religion • culture • conservative Protestantism

Homicide Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4, 326-352 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1088767903256463
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