Background Gun violence has shortened the average life expectancy of Americans, and
better knowledge about the root causes of gun violence is crucial to its prevention. While …

Urban Criminology offers an accessible analysis of our urban condition, viewed through the
prism of crime, disorder and social harm. This book gathers cutting-edge treatments …

In this critical literature review we develop a five-part agenda for pandemic-era research into
mass shootings and multiple-victim homicides that promotes understanding the …

The Gini index is the most commonly used measure of income inequality. Like any single
summary measure of a set of data, it cannot capture all aspects that are of interest to …

Public transit is the main travel mode for residents in major urban areas to access different
socioeconomic resources. Nodal accessibility can be used to measure the level of transit …

This paper examines the relationship between income inequality and property crime using
Census block group data from three US cities: Nashville, TN, Portland, OR and Tucson, AZ …

This study examines the job-access inequity between the richest 10% and poorest 40%
transit-based workers across space (ie central city, the inner-ring/outer-ring suburb) and …

Background: Death during pregnancy and postpartum in the United States is an issue of
urgent and growing concern. Mortality from obstetric-related causes is on the rise, and …

While cities often act as the engines of economic growth for developing countries, they are
also frequently the site of growing violence, poverty, and inequality. Yet, social theory …

En México, el crimen se ha incrementado y diversificado en los últimos 20 años, pero
contamos con pocas explicaciones teóricas empíricamente verificadas. Aquí exploro una vía …