Homicides and selected socio-economic characteristics for counties surrounding St Louis, MO. Data aggregated for three time periods: 1979-84 (steady decline in homicides), 1984-88 (stable period), and 1988-93 (steady increase in homicides).
Type = polygon shape file, unprojected, lat-lon
Observations = 78
Variables = 21
S. Messner, L. Anselin, D. Hawkins, G. Deane, S. Tolnay, R. Baller (2000). An Atlas of the Spatial Patterning of County-Level Homicide, 1960-1990. Pittsburgh, PA, National Consortium on Violence Research (NCOVR).
Variable | Description |
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NAME | county name |
STATE_NAME | state name |
STATE_FIPS | state fips code (character) |
CNTY_FIPS | county fips code (character) |
FIPS | combined state and county fips code (character) |
FIPSNO | fips code as numeric variable |
HR7984 | homicide rate per 100,000 (1979-84) |
HR8488 | homicide rate per 100,000 (1984-88) |
HR8893 | homicide rate per 100,000 (1988-93) |
HC7984 | homicide count (1979-84) |
HC8488 | homicide count (1984-88) |
HC8893 | homicide count (1988-93) |
PO7984 | population total (1979-84) |
PO8488 | population total (1984-88) |
PO8893 | population total (1988-93) |
PE77 | police expenditures per capita, 1977 |
PE82 | police expenditures per capita, 1982 |
PE87 | police expenditures per capita, 1987 |
RDAC80 | resource deprivation/affluence composite variable, 1980 |
RDAC85 | resource deprivation/affluence composite variable, 1985 |
RDAC90 | resource deprivation/affluence composite variable, 1990 |
Prepared by Luc Anselin
UIUC-ACE Spatial Analysis Laboratory
Last updated June 16, 2003