The Relationship Between Social Media Data and Crime Rates in the United States

Crime monitoring tools are needed for public health and law enforcement officials to deploy appropriate resources and develop targeted interventions. Social media, such as Twitter, has been shown to be a feasible tool for monitoring and predicting public health events such as disease outbreaks. Soci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yan Wang, Wenchao Yu, Sam Liu, Sean D. Young
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-03-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119834585