A cross-cultural study of correlates of crime

". . . societies high in frequency of Theft tend to have folk tales which do not represent the environment as kind" (298).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Pearson’s product-moment correlation	Supported	p<.05	-.47	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Environment Unfriendly (folktale Themes)	`UNKNOWN`	Literature, Literary Texts, Texts Translated Into English
Theft	`UNKNOWN`	Property Offenses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ayres, Barbara	1974	"Tylor reported that bride theft was invariably associated with patrilocal residence . . ." (244)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bacon, Margaret K.	1963	"Frequency of Theft is positively related to Sense of Property . . ." (297).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1974	"The presence of status differentials within the society which are based upon birth, wealth or occupation is not shown to be related to bride theft" (242-243)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1974	"Table X shows, however, that bride theft is most likely to occur in societies where the father's role is important' (248)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1974	"Although bride theft is somewhat more likely to occur in societies with general polygyny than in societies with limited polygyny or monogamy, the majority (63 percent) of societies with general polygyny do not have bride theft" (241)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author