"Blood feuds": cross-cultural variations in kin group vengeance

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 26 • Published In 1992 • Pages: 57-85 •

By Ericksen, Karen Paige, Horton, Heather

Abstract

Feuding and other responses to malfeasance are examined cross-culturally. The geographic distribution of responses are presented and odds ratios/logistic regression models are employed in analyzing the effect of socio-economic, historical and ecological variables on responses to malfeasance. Codes are included.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
Standard Cross Cultural Sample (SCCS)	Researchers Own

Hypotheses (4)
Hypothesis	Supported
Various predictors of responses to malfeasance are associated with the responses of classic blood feuds, formal adjudication, individual self-redress (71)	Supported
Marriage mode, sanctions for premarital sex, and historical period are associated with blood feuds (73)	Supported
Resource base (hunter-gatherer) and level of stratification (none) are associated with individual self-redress (73)	`UNKNOWN`
Resource base (hoe, plow, pastoral), diverging devolution and hospitable climate are associated with formal adjudication (73)	`UNKNOWN`

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"Blood feuds": cross-cultural variations in kin group vengeance

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 26 • Published In 1992 • Pages: 57-85 • Cite

By Ericksen, Karen Paige, Horton, Heather

Abstract

Samples

Hypotheses (4)

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 26 • Published In 1992 • Pages: 57-85 •