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Homicide Patterns

Homicide Patterns is a criminological concept that refers to the recurring temporal, spatial, demographic, or situational configurations in the occurrence of unlawful killings, distinguished by their systematic analysis to identify regularities and trends in homicide events.

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Structural Covariates of Homicide Rates: Are There Any Invariances Across Time and Social Space?

Kenneth C. Land, Patricia L. McCall, Lawrence E. Cohen · American Journal of Sociology · 1990 · 1.1K citations

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Patterns in Criminal Homicide

Virgil W. Peterson, Marvin E. Wolfgang · The Journal of Criminal Law Criminology and Police Science · 1960 · 940 citations

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Alienation: Its Meaning and Measurement

Dwight G. Dean · American Sociological Review · 1961 · 762 citations

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Murder by Structure: Dominance Relations and the Social Structure of Gang Homicide

Andrew V. Papachristos · American Journal of Sociology · 2009 · 558 citations

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Sexual homicide: Patterns and motives

Ann Munster · Journal of Criminal Justice · 1989 · 534 citations

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  1. SF
    Steven F. Messner

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    23 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. DL
    David Lester

    Stockton University, United States

    35 publications · 982 citations

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  3. WA
    William Alex Pridemore

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. DH
    David Hemenway

    Harvard University, United States

    17 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. CG
    C. Gabrielle Salfati

    John Jay College of Criminal Justice, United States

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

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  1. University at Albany, State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    27 h-index

    55 publications

    3.9K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    21 h-index

    52 publications

    4.9K citations

  3. John Jay College of Criminal Justice

    New York, United States

    20 h-index

    40 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    19 h-index

    26 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Northeastern University

    Boston, United States

    19 h-index

    32 publications

    2K citations

  6. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    19 h-index

    37 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    19 h-index

    46 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. Albany State University

    Albany, United States

    18 h-index

    34 publications

    1.7K citations

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  1. Homicide Studies

    HS · 141 publications · 6.5K citations

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  2. Criminology

    41 publications · 4.5K citations

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  3. Social Forces

    SF · 36 publications · 2.9K citations

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  4. American Journal of Public Health

    JPH · 31 publications · 2.7K citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 62 publications · 2.3K citations

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