Is Gang Violent Crime More Contagious than Non-Gang Violent Crime?
Objectives Gangs are thought to enhance participation in violence. It is expected then that gang-related violent crimes trigger additional crimes in a contagious manner, above and beyond what is typical for non-gang violent crime. Methods This paper uses a multivariate self-exciting point process mo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2021, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 953-977 |
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| Summary: | Objectives Gangs are thought to enhance participation in violence. It is expected then that gang-related violent crimes trigger additional crimes in a contagious manner, above and beyond what is typical for non-gang violent crime. Methods This paper uses a multivariate self-exciting point process model to estimate the extent of contagious spread of violent crime for both gang-related and non-gang aggravated assaults and homicides in recent data from Los Angeles. The degree of contagious cross-triggering between gang-related and non-gang violent crime is also estimated. Results Gang-related violence triggers twice as many offspring events as non-gang violence and there is little or no cross-triggering. Gang-related offspring events are significantly more lethal than non-gang offspring events, but no more lethal than non-contagious background gang crimes. Conclusions Contagious spread of gang-related violent crime is different from contagion in non-gang violence. The results support crime prevention policies that target the disruption of gang retaliations. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-7799 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10940-020-09479-1 |