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Explainable Machine Learning for Predicting Homicide Clearance in the United States [PDF]
Journal of Criminal Justice, 79 (2022), 2022 Purpose: To explore the potential of Explainable Machine Learning in the prediction and detection of drivers of cleared homicides at the national- and state-levels in the United States. Methods: First, nine algorithmic approaches are compared to assess the best performance in predicting cleared homicides country-wise, using data from the Murder ...
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Geospatial Health, 2022 This study examined the relationship between the homicide rate and diverse indicators of social disorganization in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) using datasets collected between 2008 and 2017.
Yunho Yeom, Jaehun Choi
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Intimate Partner Homicide: Comparison Between Homicide and Homicide-Suicide in Portugal
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2023 Intimate partner homicide (IPH) is a tragic event. Studies involving the comparison between IPH and intimate partner homicide-suicide (IPH-S) are scarce, with few studies in Portugal about this issue. The current study aims to compare IPH and IPH-S perpetrators, the victim–perpetrator relationships dynamics, and homicide circumstances.
Mariana Gonçalves +2 more
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Analysis of the relation between intelligence and criminal behavior
Journal of Health Sciences, 2012 Introduction: One of the cognitive aspects of personality is intelligence. A large number of previous studies have shown that the intelligence within the criminal population is decreased, particularly in its verbal aspect.The aim of this study is to ...
Dragan Jovanovic +4 more
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BMJ Open, 2020 Objective To estimate the association between homicide and suicide rates in Brazilian municipalities over a period of 7 years.Design We conducted a longitudinal ecological study using annual mortality data from 5507 Brazilian municipalities between 2008 ...
Delan Devakumar +6 more
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Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2020 Violence against LGBT people has always been present in our society. Brazil is the country with the highest number of lethal crimes against LGBT people in the world. The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of homicides of LGBT people in
Wallace Góes Mendes, C. M. F. P. Silva
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Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 51, Issue 1, Page 319-333, January 2023., 2023 Abstract While community participation may serve as a vehicle to improve health and socioeconomic outcomes for residents in poor communities, little research exists on the individual factors that influence community participation, particularly in contexts where violence is exceptionally high.
Lu‐Anne Swart +2 more
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Mass homicide by firearm in Canada: Effects of legislation.
PLoS ONE, 2023 Canada implemented a series of laws regulating firearms including background checks and licensing, references, psychological questionnaires, prohibition of paramilitary style rifles, and magazine capacity restrictions in order to decrease the incidences ...
Caillin Langmann
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Is poverty the mother of crime? Evidence from homicide rates in China
PLoS ONE, 2020 Income inequality is blamed for being the main driver of violent crime by the majority of the literature. However, earlier work on the topic largely neglects the role of poverty and income levels as opposed to income inequality.
Baomin Dong, P. Egger, Yibei Guo
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Cogent Psychology, 2022 To determine the factors associated with the homicide profile of the prison population in Peru. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted on the data of inmates surveyed in the First National Prison Population Census of 2016.
Nadia Castillo-Caciano +2 more
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