Geographic information systems enable the study of the spatial distribution of gun violence in American cities. While sociodemographic characteristics and disinvestment patterns have been correlated to their presence, little work has examined spatio-temporal patterns...
Firearm violence rates have increased in U.S. cities in 2020 and into 2021. We investigate contagious and non-contagious space-time clustering in shooting events in four U.S. cities (Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia) from 2016 to 2020. We estimate the...
Purpose This study examines the Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative (CAGI) implemented across 12 U.S. jurisdictions. Methods Annual firearm homicide trends are examined in a balanced panel regression framework in order to test whether CAGI cities experienced...
