Gender inequality is a central concept in cross-national feminist criminological literature. There is not a readily agreed-upon operationalization of gender inequality. The variation in the operationalization of gender inequality in cross-national research could be the cause for the inconsistent findings. We explored if the operationalization of gender inequality affects the association of the variables with gender-specific homicide across nations. Utilizing SUR and Wald Tests, our results indicate that measurement matters. When a measure of gender inequality includes an income competent, it has an association with gender-specific homicide. We conclude by situating our findings into the larger cross-national literature.

性别不平等是跨国女性主义犯罪学文献中的核心概念。性别不平等尚未立即达成共识。跨国研究中性别不平等的可操作性差异可能是导致不一致结果的原因。我们探讨了性别不平等的可操作性是否会影响变量与国家间针对性别的凶杀案的关联。利用SUR和Wald检验，我们的结果表明测量很重要。当性别不平等的衡量标准包括有收入能力时，就与针对特定性别的凶杀有关联。最后，我们将研究结果纳入较大的跨国文献中。