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Determinantes dos homicídios no Brasil
Fortaleza; s.n; 2014. 89 p. ilus, tab.
Thesis in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: biblio-972016
Responsible library: BR6.1
Localization: BR6.1
RESUMO
A violência se caracteriza como um grave problema social, nesse contexto oincremento dos óbitos por homicídio expressa o crescimento da violência e comoconseqüência coloca a necessidade de compreender o porquê deste aumento. Oshomicídios podem ser causados por diversos fatores presentes em diferentesinstâncias e envolvem questões socioeconômicas, demográficas, culturais epolíticas. Esse estudo teve como objetivo analisar os determinantes da taxa dehomicídios no Brasil, contribuindo para o melhor entendimento dos seus fatoresassociados, a fim de prover os gestores de saúde e segurança pública deinformações e conhecimento sobre este fenômeno e possibilitar o planejamento deestratégias de controle e diminuição do impacto dos homicídios. Estudo deabordagem quantitativa, tipo ecológico transversal, analítico, considerando comounidades de análise os Estados e o Distrito Federal do Brasil. As taxas dehomicídios foram calculadas utilizando o número de homicídios do período de2002-2012. Foram construídas séries históricas das taxas de homicídios no Brasil.Foi estimada associação da taxa de homicídios com variáveis explicativas atravésde regressão linear simples. As variáveis independentes consideradas foramdivididas em três grupos Indicadores socioeconômicos, criminógenos e sistema desegurança pública. Apresentaram correlação estatisticamente significativa (p0,05)...
ABSTRACT
The violence is characterized as a serious social problem. In this contex theincrease of deaths by homicide expresses the increase in violence and as a resultputs the need to understand why this increase occurs. Homicides can be caused byseveral factors present in different instances and involve socioeconomic,demographic, cultural and political issues. This study aimed to analyze thedeterminants of the homicide rate in Brazil, contributing to a better understanding ofthe factors associated with these, in order to provide managers of public health andsecurity information and knowledge about this phenomenon and enable theplanning of control strategies and reducing the impact of the murders. Study ofquantitative approach, analytical cross-sectional ecological type, considering theunits of analysis states and the Federal District of Brazil. Homicide rates werecalculated using the number of homicides for the period of 2002-2012.Historicalseries of homicide rates in Brazil were built. Association rate of homicides withexplanatory variables in the bivariate analysis isolated by simple line regression wasestimated. The independent variables were divided in to three groupsSocioeconomic indicators, criminal factors and public safety system. Statisticallysignificant correlation variables proportion of households with income below thepoverty line and extreme poverty, percentage of poor enrollment rate in secondarylevel education, income HDI, education HDI, criminality rate and percentage ofexpenditure on security public. Showed no statistically significant correlation...
Subject(s)

Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: LILACS Main subject: Violence / Homicide Aspects: Social determinants of health Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: Portuguese Year: 2014 Document type: Thesis
Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: LILACS Main subject: Violence / Homicide Aspects: Social determinants of health Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: Portuguese Year: 2014 Document type: Thesis
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