Constructing Geographic Areas for Homicide Research: A Case Study of New Orleans, Louisiana

Because homicides are rare events, criminologists must often deal with the Small Population Problem, which creates unreliable homicide rates based on arbitrarily delineated census tracts of low population. These rates lead to violations in several assumptions required in statistical analysis. This s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robert, Lawrence Keenan
Other Authors: Wang, Fahui
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2013
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04152013-111909/