Exploratory Spatial Data Approach to Identify the Context of Unemployment-Crime Linkages in Virginia, 1995-2000
Description
This research is an exploration of a spatial approach to
identify the contexts of unemployment-crime relationships at the
county level. Using Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA)
techniques, the study explored the relationship between unemployment
and property crimes (burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and
robbery) in Virginia from 1995 to 2000. Unemployment rates were
obtained from the Department of Labor, while crime rates were obtained
from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reports.
Demographic variables are included, and a resource deprivation scale
was created by combining measures of logged median family income,
percentage of families living below the poverty line, and percentage
of African American residents.
Resources
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ICPSR04546.v1 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04546.v1 |
Tags
- robbery
- counties
- burglary
- auto-theft
- causes-of-crime
- fips-codes
- crime-mapping
- geographic-information-systems
- unemployment
- larceny
- unemployment-rate