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Title: Barriocide: Investigating the Temporal and Spatial Influence of Neighborhood Structural Characteristics on Gang and Non-Gang Homicides in East Los Angeles

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: This study explored how changes in neighborhood structural characteristics predicted variation in gang versus non-gang homicides in a policing division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Longitudinal negative binomial models were examined to test the relationship between-neighborhood structural covariates with gang and non-gang homicides over a 35-year period. This study highlights the potential to estimate temporal effects not captured by cross-sectional analyses alone. The results underscore a unique feature that distinguishes gang homicides from other forms of non-gang violence, its tenacious clustering, and spatial dependence over time.

Url: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1088767917726807

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Authors: Valasik, Matthew; Barton, Michael, S; Reid, Shannon, E; Tita, George, E

Periodical (Full): Homicide Studies

Issue: 4

Volume: 21

Pages: 24

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Crime and Deviance, Land Use/Urban Organization

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