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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Homicide Victimization"”.
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Person or place? A contextual event-history analysis of homicide victimization risk
… contextual event history analysis of the risk of homicide victimization in the United States from 1986 to 2002. Although the majority of research on homicide deals with how community factors influence homicide rates, a much less studied aspect of homicide victimization deals with the influence of …
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Three Decades of Epidemic Black Gun Homicide Victimization in Toronto: Analyzing Causes and Consequences of a Criminological Approach
This dissertation analyzes Black gun violence and homicide victimization in Toronto from a health equity and critical race perspective rather than prevailing criminological theories. Young Black men in Toronto are estimated to be five times more likely to become victims of homicidal violence …
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Gender Inequality and Levels of Female Homicide in Cities: Examining the Influence of Race, Poverty Context, and Family Structure for Levels of Female Homicide Victimization and Offending
… States, Black women are at an increased risk of homicide victimization and offending when compared to White women. What accounts for these differences in homicide involvement for Black and White females? Spanning the last thirty years, feminist theory has called attention to the importance of …
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American Indian Homicide; A County Level Analysis Utilizing Social Disorganization Theory Revisted
… Huff-Corzine's (2006) article "American Indian Homicide: A County-Level Analysis Utilizing Social Disorganization Theory" has been referred to as a highly influential piece of literature on American Indian homicide. The study looked at American Indian homicide victimization incidents by county …
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CRIMINAL HOMICIDE IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1975-1977
… of this dissertation was patterns of criminal homicide in North Carolina between 1975 and 1977. Using Uniform Crime Report data between 1933 and 1979, North Carolina was compared to non-Southern and national time series trends. North Carolina's criminal homicide rate was shown to have decreased …
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A Study of the Influence of Selected Neighborhood Characteristics on Chicago Youth Homicide: 1970, 1980, 1990
The study found that youth homicide and firearm homicide rates decreased 23% and 21% respectively, during the period 1970--80. During 1980--90, the rate of youth homicide and firearm homicide increased 148% and 202% respectively. Youth homicide in Chicago was concentrated in specific neighborhoods. …
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Examining the scope of homicide-suicide perpetrated by law enforcement: A population-based retrospective study using multiple frames, 2003 - 2017
… measures, producing unreliable estimates. Homicide-suicide events, as a subset of domestic violence offenses, present a unique opportunity for study given the data collection practices of existing public health surveillance infrastructure. The present study contributes to the literature by …