Constructing Geographic Areas for Homicide Research: A Case Study of New Orleans, Louisiana
Because homicides are rare events, criminologists must often deal with the Small Population Problem, which creates unreliable homicide rates based on arbitrarily delineated census tracts of low population. These rates lead to violations in several assumptions required in statistical analysis. This s...
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LSU
2013
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| Online Access: | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04152013-111909/ |