LEADER 03249nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910970148903321 005 20251117003157.0 010 $a1-59332-353-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000704802 035 $a(OCoLC)646770500 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10256713 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000264427 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11192386 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264427 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10284506 035 $a(PQKB)11680030 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3016850 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3016850 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10256713 035 $a(OCoLC)300501988 035 $a(BIP)26754773 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000704802 100 $a20071211d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnderstanding homicide trends $ethe social context of a homicide epidemic /$fBenjamin Pearson-Nelson 210 $aNew York $cLFB Scholarly Pub.$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 225 1 $aCriminal justice : recent scholarship 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a1-59332-263-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179-187) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aPearson-Nelson looks at the homicide epidemic of the late 1980s and early 1990s. His approach draws on epidemiological and sociological perspectives focused on the factors, positive and negative, related to the spread of the epidemic through urban areas. Key questions include: why did some cities experience the epidemic, while others did not? What variables affected the intensity and duration of the epidemic within cities? Pearson-Nelson finds that population density is the single most important variable. A measure of cocaine availability significantly affected the absolute magnitude of the epidemic; however, the findings indicate that greater cocaine availability actually reduced the magnitude of the epidemic. 410 0$aCriminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) 606 $aHomicide$zUnited States 606 $aDrug abuse and crime$zUnited States 606 $aPopulation density$zUnited States 606 $aCocaine abuse$zUnited States 606 $aCrime forecasting$zUnited States 615 0$aHomicide 615 0$aDrug abuse and crime 615 0$aPopulation density 615 0$aCocaine abuse 615 0$aCrime forecasting 676 $a364.1520973 700 $aPearson-Nelson$b Benjamin$f1978-$01870650 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970148903321 996 $aUnderstanding homicide trends$94479181 997 $aUNINA