Barriocide: Investigating the Temporal and Spatial Influence of Neighborhood Structural Characteristics on Gang and Non-Gang Homicides in East Los Angeles. (November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Valasik, Matthew; Barton, Michael S.; Reid, Shannon E.; Tita, George E.
• Is Part Of: Homicide studies. Volume 21:Number 4(2017:Nov.)
• Page Start: 287
• Page End: 311
• Publication Date: 2017-11
• Subjects: street gangs -- homicide -- structural covariates -- spatial analysis -- violent crime trends; Homicide -- Periodicals; 364.152
• DOI: 10.1177/1088767917726807
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1088-7679

Abstract

This study explored how changes in neighborhood structural characteristics predicted variation in gang versus non-gang homicides in a policing division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Longitudinal negative binomial models were examined to test the relationship between-neighborhood structural covariates with gang and non-gang homicides over a 35-year period. This study highlights the potential to estimate temporal effects not captured by cross-sectional analyses alone. The results underscore a unique feature that distinguishes gang homicides from other forms of non-gang violence, its tenacious clustering, and spatial dependence over time.