Forecasting homicide in the red stick: Risk terrain modeling and the spatial influence of urban blight on lethal violence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.12.023
Abstract: Incorporating features of the built environment, risk terrain modeling (RTM), is used to predict future criminal events in micro-units (i.e., city blocks). The current study examines the application of RTM to forecast homicide in the… read more here.
Keywords: lethal violence; homicide; risk; risk terrain ... See more keywords
Climate change–induced population pressure drives high rates of lethal violence in the Prehispanic central Andes
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2117556119
Abstract: Significance Warfare and homicide are pervasive features of the human experience, yet scholars struggle to understand the conditions that promote violence. Climate and conflict research has revealed many linkages between climate change and human violence;… read more here.
Keywords: violence; climate change; population; violence prehispanic ... See more keywords
Lethal Violence, the Lack of Resonance and the Challenge of Forgiveness in Brazil
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DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341522
Abstract: According to recent data there has been a considerable increase in lethal violence in Brazil as well as evidence of a growing brutality. Such data bears witness to the wide perception of impunity and the… read more here.
Keywords: violence; lethal violence; resonance; forgiveness ... See more keywords
Time trend and spatial distribution of the cases of lethal violence against women in Brazil
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DOI: 10.1590/1518-8345.5613.3547
Abstract: Abstract Objective: to analyze the time trend and the spatial distribution of the cases of lethal violence against women in Brazil, according to age group and to race/skin color. Method: an ecological study of time… read more here.
Keywords: spatial distribution; violence women; trend; cases lethal ... See more keywords