INDEX OF SOUTHERNNESS REVISITED - THE INFLUENCE OF WHEREFROM UPON WHODUNNIT (FROM SOCIAL SYSTEMS, CRIME, DELINQUENCY, AND DEVIANCE - A READER IN STRUCTURALLY ORIENTED STUDIES, 1976, G COUNT-VAN MANEN -SEE NCJ-46530)

• NCJ Number: 46533
• Author(s): W G DOENER
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: University Press of America
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

VIOLENCE-RELATED ITEMS FROM A 1973 NATIONAL SURVEY OF 1,504 PERSONS ARE EXAMINED TO EXPLORE AT THE MICROLEVEL THE VALIDITY OF THE CONCEPT OF A SOUTHERN REGIONAL SUBCULTURE OF VIOLENCE.

Abstract

ANALYSIS OF THE SURVEY DATA REVEALS THAT LIFELONG RESIDENCY IN THE SOUTH INCREASES THE PROBABILITY OF OWNING A GUN AND OF BEING OPPOSED TO GUN CONTROL REGULATION. HOWEVER, BEING A SOUTHERNER IS NEGATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF HAVING BEEN ASSAULTED AND OF GRANTING APPROVAL TO ASSAULTIVE BEHAVIOR. EXAMINATION OF OTHER VARIABLES (AGE, RACE, SEX) SHOWS THAT SEX, NOT REGIONAL RESIDENCY, EXERTS THE MOST PRONOUNCED INFLUENCE ON VIOLENCE-RELATED MEASURES. THE SURVEY DATA DO NOT CONFIRM THE EXISTENCE OF A DIVERGENT VALUE SYSTEM AMONG SOUTHERNERS. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT IF A REGIONAL CULTURE OF VIOLENCE ONCE EXISTED IN THE SOUTH, IT HAS VANISHED OVER THE YEARS. A LIST OF REFERENCES IS INCLUDED. (LKM)