Methods and Findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System for Identifying Gang-Like Homicides, 2005-2008.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jnma.2017.03.001
Abstract: BACKGROUND The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) captures homicides that law enforcement or coroner/medical examiners deem as gang-related but the criteria used may vary across locations. Also, the existing gang-related variable likely underestimates the… read more here.
Keywords: like homicides; gang activity; gang; gang related ... See more keywords
Investigating Clustering and Violence Interruption in Gang-Related Violent Crime Data Using Spatial–Temporal Point Processes With Covariates
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DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2021.1898408
Abstract: Reported gang-related violent crimes in Los Angeles, California, from 1/1/14 to 12/31/17 are modeled using spatial–temporal marked Hawkes point processes with covariates. We propose an algorithm to estimate the spatial-temporally varying background rate nonparametrically as… read more here.
Keywords: gang related; violence interruption; spatial temporal;