The Spatial Patterning of County Homicide Rates: An Application of Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis

The possibility that homicides can spread from one geographic area toanother has been entertained for some time by social scientists, yetsystematic efforts to demonstrate the existence, or estimate the strength,of such a diffusion process are just beginning. This paper uses exploratoryspatial data a...

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Authors: Messner, Steven F. (Author) ; Anselin, Luc (Author) ; Baller, Robert D. (Author) ; Hawkins, Darnell F. (Author) ; Deane, Glenn (Author) ; Tolnay, Stewart E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1999
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 1999, Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Pages: 423-450
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Keywords:
exploratory spatial data analysis
county homicide rates
Homicide
spatial patterning