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Title: The Timing of Lynching: A Study of Lynching as a Temporal Contagion

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Publication Year: 2008

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Abstract: Between 1882 and 1930 more than 2800 individuals were lynched throughout 10 Southern states. Did lynching spread like a contagion or did it act as a deterrent? Previous literature supports the deterrence model, arguing that one lynching made future lynching less likely. This paper, however, shows evidence that lynching behaved like a contagion by studying daily lynching patterns for the first time, using panel data for 10 states over 48 years. One lynching increased the likelihood of another occurring within geographic and temporal vicinity.

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Authors: Silver, Daniel

Publisher: Washington University

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Topics: Race and Ethnicity

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