Law and violence: a cross-cultural study

Superordinate justice and superordinate punishment will be negatively associated with violent fatalities within a society (388).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
tau	Supported	p<.001	-.38 for superordinate justice; -.44 for superordinate punishment	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Internal Violence (violent Fatalities)	Dependent	Offenses Against Life
Superordinate Justice	Independent	Judicial Authority
Superordinate Punishment	Independent	Sanctions, Judicial Authority

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies where there is superordinate justice, females will tend to have property rights (278, 138).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies where superordinate justice is prevalent will be less likely to have avunculocal, patrilocal, or virilocal marital residence (204, 138).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Barry III, Herbert	2007	Polygyny is associated with frequent violence (38).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whiting, Beatrice Blyth	1950	There is a correlation between presence of sorcery as an explanation of illness and coordinate control; absence of sorcery as an explanation of illness is correlated with superordinate punishment (85,86)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Barry III, Herbert	2007	Indigenous money is associated with frequent violence (38).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author