Understanding the Data

This chapter describes in detail the Chicago homicide data that were used to conduct this study, as well as how the data was geocoded and aggregated to grid cells for spatial data analysis. The Chicago homicide data is emphasized in terms of domestic vs n

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Andrew P. Wheeler Christopher R. Herrmann Richard L. Block

Micro-Place Homicide Patterns in Chicago 1965 - 2017

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Andrew P. Wheeler • Christopher R. Herrmann Richard L. Block

Micro-Place Homicide Patterns in Chicago 1965 - 2017

Andrew P. Wheeler Data Scientist HMS Irving, TX, USA

Christopher R. Herrmann Department of Law & Police Science John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY, USA

Richard L. Block Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL, USA

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