Data on aggregate levels of murder and robbery from a sample of 171 U.S. cities with a population greater than 100,000 in 1980 were used to evaluate the proposed model. Sex ratios exhibited nontrivial variation for both whites and blacks. The sex ratio exhibited negative relationships with the indicator of family disruption, percent female-headed households, which in turn was related positively to the violent crime rates. Positive effects of the sex ratio on the violent crime emerged only with controls for family disruption. The results support in general the model of countervailing direct positive effects of the sex ratio on rates of criminal violence and negative indirect effects via family disruption. 15 notes, 3 tables, and 77 references
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