RT Article
T1 Spatial Correlates of Gun Deaths in Harris County, Texas
JF Homicide studies
VO 25
IS 1
SP 37
OP 60
A1 Levine, Ned
A1 Drake, Stacy A.
A1 Reynolds, Thomas F.
A1 Yang, Yijiong
A1 Wolf, Dwayne A.
A1 Persse, David
A1 Wade, Charles E.
A1 Holcomb, John B.
A2 Drake, Stacy A.
A2 Reynolds, Thomas F.
A2 Yang, Yijiong
A2 Wolf, Dwayne A.
A2 Persse, David
A2 Wade, Charles E.
A2 Holcomb, John B.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/174779693X
AB Firearm homicide and suicide deaths for 2014 were examined in Harris County, Texas, for spatial variation and socio-economic correlates. Higher firearm homicide rates were found closer to central Houston than firearm suicide rates. Local hot spots were identified for both types but overlapped at only two locations. A Poisson–Gamma–Exposure regression model showed the homicide rate was associated with higher percentages of persons who are Black, aged 15 to 29 years, and living in poverty whereas the suicide rate was associated with a higher percentage of persons of non-Hispanic White ethnicity. Firearm policies that reduce homicides may also reduce suicides.
K1 spatial modeling
K1 Spatial Analysis
K1 Suicide
K1 Homicide
K1 Firearm
DO 10.1177/1088767920924448