Murder, Nonnegligent Manslaughter, and Spatial Autocorrelation in Mid-South Counties

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 407-422

  Mencken, F Carson ^a   Barnett, Cynthia ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Midsouth counties; Murder; Nonnegligent manslaughter; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033264103     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007592124641     Document Type: Article

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