Are the geographic disparities in U.S. violent crime rising?

dc.citation.articleNumbere0308799en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber8en_US
dc.citation.journalTitlePLOS ONEen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber19en_US
dc.contributor.authorBoylan, Richard T.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-01T14:03:58Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-10-01T14:03:58Zen_US
dc.date.issued2024en_US
dc.description.abstractInequality in economic and social outcomes across U.S. regions has grown in recent decades. The economic theory of crime predicts that this increased variability would raise geographic disparities in violent crime. Instead, I find that geographic disparities in homicide rates decreased. Moreover, these same decades saw decreases in the geographic disparities in policing, incarceration, and the share of the population that is African American. Thus, changes in policing, incarcerations, and racial composition could have led to a decrease in inequality in homicide rates. Moreover, the joint provision of law enforcement by local, state, and federal authorities may have reduced the impact of economic distress on violent crime.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBoylan, R. T. (2024). Are the geographic disparities in U.S. violent crime rising? PLOS ONE, 19(8), e0308799. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308799en_US
dc.identifier.digitaljournal-pone-0308799en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308799en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/117898en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
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dc.titleAre the geographic disparities in U.S. violent crime rising?en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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