Keywords

homicide, lethality, criminal events, assault, violence

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of traffic patterns and the availability of emergency medical services on the lethality of violent interpersonal encounters. Key situational and contextual factors are controlled using the criminal events perspective. Data were taken from the 2002 National Incident-Based Reporting System of the FBI, as well as from fire/rescue and EMS services of Memphis, TN, Cincinnati, OH, and Richmond, VA. Additive models of logistic regression analysis revealed that fire/rescue availability, firearm use, incidents arising out of arguments, outdoor locations, and victim gender are the most consistent predictors of whether or not a violent incident will result in a homicide.

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Graduation Date

2006

Semester

Summer

Advisor

Corzine, Jay

Degree

Master of Arts (M.A.)

College

College of Sciences

Department

Sociology

Degree Program

Applied Sociology

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0001219

URL

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0001219

Language

English

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

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