City-Wide Firearm Violence Spikes in Minneapolis following the Murder of George Floyd: A Comparative Time-Series Analysis of Three Cities
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Quasi-Experimental Materials and Methods
Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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AME | P | SE | 95% CI | Pearson Dispersion Statistic | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minneapolis | 1.051 | ||||
Intervention | 10.634 | 0.000 | 1.014 | 4.408, 8.452 | |
Quadratic Trend a | 1.006 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 1.002, 1.009 | |
Omaha | |||||
Intervention | 1.469 | 0.019 | 0.242 | 1.064, 2.028 | 1.050 |
Linear Trend | 1.000 | 0.006 | 0.001 | 0.998, 1.000 | |
Kansas City (MO) | |||||
Intervention | 0.944 | 0.620 | 0.110 | 0.752, 1.185 | 1.061 |
Linear Trend | 1.001 | 0.091 | 0.000 | 1.000, 1.001 |
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Boehme, H.M.; Kaminski, R.J.; Nolan, M.S. City-Wide Firearm Violence Spikes in Minneapolis following the Murder of George Floyd: A Comparative Time-Series Analysis of Three Cities. Urban Sci. 2022, 6, 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci6010016
Boehme HM, Kaminski RJ, Nolan MS. City-Wide Firearm Violence Spikes in Minneapolis following the Murder of George Floyd: A Comparative Time-Series Analysis of Three Cities. Urban Science. 2022; 6(1):16. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci6010016
Chicago/Turabian StyleBoehme, Hunter M., Robert J. Kaminski, and Melissa S. Nolan. 2022. "City-Wide Firearm Violence Spikes in Minneapolis following the Murder of George Floyd: A Comparative Time-Series Analysis of Three Cities" Urban Science 6, no. 1: 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci6010016
APA StyleBoehme, H. M., Kaminski, R. J., & Nolan, M. S. (2022). City-Wide Firearm Violence Spikes in Minneapolis following the Murder of George Floyd: A Comparative Time-Series Analysis of Three Cities. Urban Science, 6(1), 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci6010016