Casual Factors Influence Repeat Violent Criminal Offenses in a GIS Spatial Context
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This research focused on whether or not demographic characteristics influence repeat violent offenses. Discussions occurred regarding the potential of the correlation between demographic values in census block groups of the City of Madison, Wisconsin and repeat violent offenses from January 2000 to November 2007. Statistical analysis, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and repeat violent offender profiles were created using demographic values from census block groups. In the process of creating these profiles, the use of a bivariate correlation matrix helped compare common themes with offense data and to find correlations between demographics and repeat violent offenses. Examination of the demographics showed statistically significant relationships between repeat violent offenses and 33 census demographic variables. Seven demographic variables were determined to be statistically significant.
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