Job Access and Homicide Patterns in Chicago: An Analysis at Multiple Geographic Levels Based on Scale-Space Theory

Economists and criminologists have long tried to establish linkages between job markets and crime. Most prior research, however, was across large areas (e.g., states, metropolitan areas) or across time. This research focuses on examining the variation of job markets within a city (i.e., Chicago) and...

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Main Author: Wang, Fahui (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2005, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 195-217
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Keywords:
Areas of small population
Geographic information systems
Homicide
Job access
Regionalization
Scale-space theory

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