Testing The Impact Of Road Network Connectivity On Criminal Lethality

Keywords

homicide; interstates; lethality; methodology; Nibrs; road networks

Abstract

Increased road network connectivity has been linked to more positive outcomes among all health outcomes. Road network connectivity has yet to be tested in association with specifically criminal lethality. The current study looks to incorporate road network connectivity as an explanatory variable for criminal lethality. Data on Road Network Connectivity and Criminal Lethality are gathered for 190 cities. Data sources include the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), 2010 Census, 2010 American Community Survey, Google Earth, and Census Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) files. The data demonstrate that a city’s road network connectivity is related to decreases in the rates of lethality among assaults. Implications of this finding are discussed.

Publication Date

8-1-2018

Publication Title

Homicide Studies

Volume

22

Issue

3

Number of Pages

277-295

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767918754307

Socpus ID

85049904310 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85049904310

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