Mexican cities along the US-Mexico border, especially Cd. Juarez, became notorious due to high femicide rates supposedly associated with maquiladora industries and the NAFTA. Nonetheless, statistical evaluation of data from 1990 to 2012 shows that their rates are consistent with other Mexican cities’ rates and tend to fall with increased employment opportunities in maquiladoras. Femicide rates in Cd. Juarez are in most years like rates in Cd. Chihuahua and Ensenada and, as a share of overall homicide rates, are lower than in most cities evaluated. These results challenge conventional wisdom and most of the literature on the subject.
Femicide Rates in Mexican Cities along the US-Mexico Border
Résumé
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Mexican cities along the US-Mexico border, especially Cd. Juarez, became notorious due to high femicide rates supposedly associated with maquiladora industries and the NAFTA. Nonetheless, statistical evaluation of data from 1990 to 2012 shows that their rates are consistent with other Mexican cities’ rates and tend to fall with increased employment opportunities in maquiladoras. Femicide rates in Cd. Juarez are in most years like rates in Cd. Chihuahua and Ensenada and, as a share of overall homicide rates, are lower than in most cities evaluated. These results challenge conventional wisdom and most of the literature on the subject.
École des hautes études en sciences sociales UMR7316 ( 99539 )
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Aix Marseille Université UMR7316 ( 198056 )
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École Centrale de Marseille UMR7316 ( 300415 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7316 ( 441569 )
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- France
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RMU -
Robert Morris University
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- Moon Township, PA 15108
- États-Unis
Date de publication
2024
Langue du document
Anglais
Nom de la revue
Journal of Borderlands Studies
(ISSN : 0886-5655, ISSN électronique : 2159-1229)
Publié par Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Revue non référencée dans Sherpa-Romeo
J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J1 - Demographic Economics/J.J1.J16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
K - Law and Economics/K.K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior/K.K4.K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Z - Other Special Topics/Z.Z1 - Cultural Economics • Economic Sociology • Economic Anthropology/Z.Z1.Z13 - Economic Sociology • Economic Anthropology • Language • Social and Economic Stratification
This work was supported by the Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development at Texas A&M International University, the French National Research Agency (reference: ANR-17-EURE-0020), and the Excellence Initiative of Aix-Marseille University – A*MIDEX.
Pedro H. Albuquerque, Prasad Vemala. Femicide Rates in Mexican Cities along the US-Mexico Border. Journal of Borderlands Studies, In press, ⟨10.1080/08865655.2023.2239260⟩. ⟨hal-04241749⟩
