Both relative and absolute deprivation have effects on crime. These two concepts may be complementary, but much scholarship has treated them as separate. The present study assesses whether the effects of relative and absolute deprivation, measured as income inequality and disadvantage, respectively, interact in their effect on known homicide counts in U.S. counties. A multilevel regression model shows that there is a significant interaction between income inequality and disadvantage predicting homicide counts known to police. The plot of this interaction shows that when disadvantage is extremely high, increasing income inequality does not increase known homicides. The less disadvantage there is, the greater the effect of increasing income inequality on homicide counts in U.S. counties. This finding suggests that the effect of relative deprivation on known homicide is contingent on levels of absolute deprivation and vice versa. The implication of this finding is discussed.

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相对剥夺，绝对剥夺和凶杀案：检验收入不平等与弱势之间的相互作用

相对和绝对剥夺都对犯罪产生影响。这两个概念可能是相辅相成的，但是很多学者将它们视为分开的。本研究评估了相对剥夺和绝对剥夺的影响（分别用收入不平等和劣势衡量）是否对美国各县已知的凶杀案数量产生影响。多级回归模型显示，收入不平等与预测警察已知的凶杀预案数量之间存在显着的相互作用。这种相互作用的图表明，当不利条件非常严重时，收入不平等的加剧不会增加已知的凶杀案。不利程度越小，收入不平等加剧对美国各县凶杀人数的影响越大。这一发现表明，相对剥夺对已知凶杀的影响取决于绝对剥夺的水平，反之亦然。讨论了这一发现的含义。