Análise dos indicadores socioeconômicos e sua influência na taxa de homicídios da população negra no Brasil

Abstract

The Brazilian black population comprises over Half of the country's population. Taking this factor into account, this study sought to understand and analyze the variables that determine why this population has a high homicide rate compared to the white population. Therefore, the economic theory of crime and econometrics related to pane datal socio-economic were used to investigate the cause and determinants of this phenomenon. The methodology involved a historical analysis of the black population in Brazil and econometric tests on panel data, using independent variables such as the Gini coefficient, education rate of the black population, per capita income of the black population, and black population unemployment, in relation to a single dependent variable, the black homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants. This analysis revealed that as the unemployment rate of the black population in Brazil increases, there is also an increase in the homicide rate among this population. Thus, we can establish a relationship between the lack of job opportunities and the cost-benefit analysis of committing a crime, resulting in homicides as individuals become involved in the violent world of crime.