Life-course influences of poverty on violence and homicide: 30-year Brazilian birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Homicide is the leading cause of death among young people in Latin America, one of the world's most violent regions. Poverty is widely considered a key cause of violence, but theories suggest different effects of poverty, depending on when it is experienced in the life-course. Longitudinal studies of violence are scarce in Latin America, and very few prospective data are available worldwide to test different life-course influences on homicide.

Methods

In a prospective birth cohort study following 5914 children born in southern Brazil, we examined the role of poverty at birth, in early childhood, and in early adulthood on violence and homicide perpetration, in criminal records up to age 30 years. A novel Structured Life Course Modelling Approach was used to test co

SUBMITTER: Murray J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11315650 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature