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Structural Characteristics and Homicide: Testing Previously Established Relationships in a Unique Setting

Steele, Morgan
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8033-9407
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin158400078461264

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2020, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Criminal Justice.
This dissertation explores the relationship between neighborhood structural characteristics and homicide counts in New Orleans. These structural characteristics include concentrated disadvantage, neighborhood instability, and demographic characteristics, with each rooted in prominent theories within community criminology. Research conducted over the past 30 years has consistently shown that the socioeconomic characteristics of a community (e.g., census tract, neighborhood, precinct, or city) affect the homicide patterns within that community, with some characteristics facilitating violence while others impeding it. These relationships often differ based on whether one examines gang- or non-gang related homicides. However, this area of research is limited by the reliance on conflicting conceptualizations of measures and the use of only a few metropolitan areas as study sites. Thus, further research is needed to validate existing theoretical frameworks. To do this, this dissertation uses panel count regression models to examine the relationship between the socioeconomic and demographic factors and homicide counts within New Orleans across a seven-year period. The results show that the structural characteristics of the neighborhoods influence homicide counts consistently. However, these relationships vary across the types of homicide.
Nicholas Corsaro, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
James Frank, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Cory Haberman, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
M. Murat Ozer, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
144 p.
Criminology
community criminology; violent crime

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  • Steele, M. (2020). Structural Characteristics and Homicide: Testing Previously Established Relationships in a Unique Setting [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin158400078461264

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Steele, Morgan. Structural Characteristics and Homicide: Testing Previously Established Relationships in a Unique Setting. 2020. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin158400078461264.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Steele, Morgan. "Structural Characteristics and Homicide: Testing Previously Established Relationships in a Unique Setting." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin158400078461264

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