Spatial correlation between homicide rates and inequality: Evidence from urban neighborhoods

Economics Letters

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-99

  Menezes, Tatiane ^a,b   Silveira Neto, Raul ^a,b   Monteiro, Circe ^a,b   Ratton, José Luiz ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Criminality; Homicides; Inequality; Neighborhoods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877611909     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.03.040     Document Type: Article

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