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  • Insights into the Nature and Spatial Distribution of Guyanese Crime

    Author(s)
    Cummings, Anthony R
    Piquero, Alex R
    Accetturo, Phillip W
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Piquero, Alex R.
    Year published
    2018
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    Abstract
    Violent crime continues to plague Latin American societies, but reporting is not uniform across the region. Here we examine crime for Guyana, a country lacking coverage in the literature, using unofficial data. Newspaper archives for the month of January over the period 1997–2016 were used to describe several factors, including the rate of violent crime, crime’s spatial distribution, and its relationship to gold prices. More than 82% of Guyanese crimes were violent and most occurred along coastal Guyana. The numbers of crimes fluctuated as gold prices changed. Like other Latin American states, Guyana also has a violent crime ...
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    Violent crime continues to plague Latin American societies, but reporting is not uniform across the region. Here we examine crime for Guyana, a country lacking coverage in the literature, using unofficial data. Newspaper archives for the month of January over the period 1997–2016 were used to describe several factors, including the rate of violent crime, crime’s spatial distribution, and its relationship to gold prices. More than 82% of Guyanese crimes were violent and most occurred along coastal Guyana. The numbers of crimes fluctuated as gold prices changed. Like other Latin American states, Guyana also has a violent crime challenge.
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    Journal Title
    DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
    Volume
    39
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2016.1257891
    Subject
    Sociology
    Psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/384574
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