Female homicide victimisation in Mexico: a group-based trajectory and spatial study

Massa Roldan, Ricardo; Fondevila, Gustavo; García-Tejeda, Enrique

doi:10.1080/17440572.2020.1869539

Female homicide victimisation in Mexico: a group-based trajectory and spatial study

Journal

Global Crime

ISSN

1744-0572

1744-0580

Date Issued

2021

Author(s)

Massa Roldan, Ricardo

Fondevila, Gustavo

García-Tejeda, Enrique

Facultad de Derecho - CampCM

Type

text::journal::journal article

DOI

10.1080/17440572.2020.1869539

URL

https://scripta.up.edu.mx/handle/20.500.12552/1775

Abstract

Recent literature has demonstrated that the War on Drugs policies had different consequences for different population groups. Despite this, female homicide victimisation resulting from such policies remains an underexplored subject of study. This paper examines the asymmetrical patterns of female homicides in the Mexican states that implemented the 2006 War on Drugs. A group-based trajectory analysis was undertaken, complemented by a spatial analysis in order to identify clusters with common behaviour. Our findings show that states that actively enforced the War on Drugs policy experienced higher and more concentrated levels of female homicidal victimisation. © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.