03249nam 2200649 a 450 991097014890332120251117003157.01-59332-353-0(CKB)1000000000704802(OCoLC)646770500(CaPaEBR)ebrary10256713(SSID)ssj0000264427(PQKBManifestationID)11192386(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264427(PQKBWorkID)10284506(PQKB)11680030(MiAaPQ)EBC3016850(Au-PeEL)EBL3016850(CaPaEBR)ebr10256713(OCoLC)300501988(BIP)26754773(EXLCZ)99100000000070480220071211d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrUnderstanding homicide trends the social context of a homicide epidemic /Benjamin Pearson-NelsonNew York LFB Scholarly Pub.20081 online resource (201 p.) Criminal justice : recent scholarshipBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-59332-263-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-187) and index.Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- An Epidemic of Violence: U.S. Homicide Trends -- The Homicide Epidemic: Crafting a Theoretical Framework -- What We Know about the Homicide Epidemic and Where We Go From Here -- The Analytical Approach to the Homicide Epidemic: Measuring Variables and Statistical Modeling -- The Social Context of Major Cities and Tests on the Epidemic Parameters -- The Homicide Epidemic: What We Have Learned and the Next Stage of Inquiry -- Appendices -- References -- Index.Pearson-Nelson looks at the homicide epidemic of the late 1980s and early 1990s. His approach draws on epidemiological and sociological perspectives focused on the factors, positive and negative, related to the spread of the epidemic through urban areas. Key questions include: why did some cities experience the epidemic, while others did not? What variables affected the intensity and duration of the epidemic within cities? Pearson-Nelson finds that population density is the single most important variable. A measure of cocaine availability significantly affected the absolute magnitude of the epidemic; however, the findings indicate that greater cocaine availability actually reduced the magnitude of the epidemic.Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)HomicideUnited StatesDrug abuse and crimeUnited StatesPopulation densityUnited StatesCocaine abuseUnited StatesCrime forecastingUnited StatesHomicideDrug abuse and crimePopulation densityCocaine abuseCrime forecasting364.1520973Pearson-Nelson Benjamin1978-1870650MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970148903321Understanding homicide trends4479181UNINA