St Louis Region Homicides

Data provided "as is," no warranties

Description

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

Source

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).

Variables

Variable Description
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