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空间统计 of County Homicide Rates_Application of Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis.pdf
Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1999
The Spatial Patterning of County Homicide Rates: An
Application of Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis1
Steven F. Messner,2,3 Luc Anselin,3,4 Robert D. Baller,2,3
Darnell F. Hawkins,3,5 Glenn Deane,2 and Stewart E. Tolnay2
The possibility that homicides can spread from one geographic area to another
has been entertained for some time by social scientists, yet systematic efforts to
demonstrate the existence, or estimate the strength, of such a diffusion process
are just beginning. This paper uses exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) to
examine the distribution of homicides in 78 counties in, or around, the St. Louis
metropolitan area for two time periods: a period of relatively stable homicide
(1984–1988) and a period of generally increasing homicide (1988–1993). The
findings reveal that homicides are distributed nonrandomly, suggestive of posi-
tive spatial autocorrelation. Moreover, changes over time in the distribution of
homicides suggest the possible diffusion of lethal violence out of one county
containing a medium-sized city (Macon County) into two nearby counties
(Morgan and Sangamon Counties) located to the west. Although traditional cor-
relates of homicide do not account for its nonrandom spatial distribution across
counties, we find some evidence that more affluent areas, or those more rural or
agricultural areas, serve as barriers against the diffusion of homicides. The pat-
terns of spatial distribution revealed through ESDA provide an empirical foun-
dation for the specification of multivariate models which can provide formal tests
for diffusion pro
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