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Homicide as Infectious Disease: Using Public Health Methods to Investigate the Diffusion of Homicide.

This study examined the spatial and temporal movement of homicide in Newark, New Jersey from January 1982 through September 2008. We hypothesized that homicide would diffuse in a similar process to an infectious disease with firearms and gangs operating as the infectious agents. A total of 2,366 hom...

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Published in:JQ: Justice Quarterly Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 609 - 633
Main Authors: Zeoli, April M., Pizarro, Jesenia M., Grady, Sue C., Melde, Christopher
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2014
Subjects:
New Jersey
Homicide
Infectious disease transmission
Gangs
Firearms & crime
Violent deaths
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost