Won’t You be My Neighbor? Neighborhood Characteristics Associated with Mass Shootings in the USA

We measure the association between neighborhood characteristics and mass shootings building on existing research on neighborhoods and social and economic composition and crime. Using publicly available national data from the Gun Violence Archive (2014–2019), we geocoded and merged mass shooting inci...

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Authors: Maher, Erin J. (Author) ; Gerlinger, Julie (Author) ; Wood, Alexandra D. (Author) ; Ho, Katherine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Race and social problems
Year: 2022, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 223-237
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