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

Cross-Cultural Research Vol/Iss. 26 Published In Pages: 57-85
By Ericksen, Karen Paige, Horton, Heather

Hypothesis

Various predictors of responses to malfeasance are associated with the responses of classic blood feuds, formal adjudication, individual self-redress (71)

Note

Predictors tested are a combination of social, ecological and historical variables. Fraternal interest group strength, diverging devolution, class stratification, are not related.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Odds ratiosUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN