by Admin2 | Feb 16, 2024
Purpose To test whether land use and other features of places are associated with the spatial concentration of gun violence or its growth during epidemic periods. Methods The study uses shooting data from six major cities over a four-year period (2018–2021)....
by Admin2 | Sep 9, 2023
Firearm violence rates have increased in U.S. cities in 2020 and into 2021. We investigate contagious and non-contagious space-time clustering in shooting events in four U.S. cities (Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia) from 2016 to 2020. We estimate the...
by Admin2 | Sep 1, 2023
Gun violence rates increased in U.S. cities in 2020 and into 2021. Gun violence rates in U.S. cities is typically concentrated in racially segregated neighborhoods with higher poverty levels. However, poverty levels and demographics alone do not explain the high...
by Admin2 | Aug 9, 2023
Importance Structural racism has resulted in long-standing disinvestment and dilapidated environmental conditions in Black neighborhoods. Abandoned houses signal neglect and foster stress and fear for residents, weakening social ties and potentially contributing to...
by Admin2 | Jul 18, 2023
Although there is an abundance of research examining the influence of structural conditions on total homicides, less is known about the differential influence of structural conditions on homicides disaggregated by type. Justifiable homicide by civilians represents one...
