2010年至2021年美国跨性别杀人事件的性质和程度的描述性叙述
Brendan Lantz1, Lexi Faulkner1, Jack M Mills1
1Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA.
Journal of interpersonal violence
|September 14, 2023
概括
跨性别者谋杀是一个日益严重的公共卫生危机. 数据显示事件越来越多,路易斯安那州,密西西比州和密苏里州的风险最高,不成比例地影响年轻的黑人和西班牙裔跨性别女性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 跨性别者谋杀被认为是一个重要的社会和公共卫生问题,对跨性别者的暴力被称为"流行病".
- 了解这种暴力的模式对于有效的干预至关重要,但最近缺乏可靠的数据.
- 这一缺陷阻碍了对事件发生率和关键特征的理解.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用全面的全国数据库,分析跨性别杀人案的模式和趋势.
- 确定与跨性别杀人受害相关的地理热点和人口风险因素.
- 通过强调这种暴力的交叉性质,为政策制定提供信息.
主要方法:
- 利用了2010年至2021年305起跨性别杀人案件的全面全国数据库.
- 采用广泛的开源数据收集方法来识别事件.
- 进行描述性分析,检查趋势,地理分布和受害者人口统计数据.
主要成果:
- 在研究期间,跨性别杀人事件明显增加.
- 确定了重要的地理集群,德克萨斯州,佛罗里达州和加利福尼亚州约占病例的25%.
- 揭示了路易斯安那州,密西西比州和密苏里州的谋杀受害者风险相对于跨性别人口规模而言最高.
- 突出了受害的交叉性质,大多数受害者都是年轻的黑人或西班牙裔跨性别女性.
结论:
- 跨性别者谋杀率正在上升,需要紧急关注.
- 特定州的风险不成比例地更高,某些人口群体面临着更高的脆弱性.
- 针对复杂的社会因素,有助于跨性别者谋杀及其不稳定的社会地位,必须采取多方面的政策应对措施.
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