# St Louis Region Homicides

## Data provided "as is," no warranties

## Description

Homicides and selected socio-economic characteristics for counties surrounding St Louis, MO. Data aggregated for three time periods: 1979-84 (steady decline in homicides), 1984-88 (stable period), and 1988-93 (steady increase in homicides).

Type = polygon shape file, unprojected, lat-lon

Observations = 78

Variables = 21

## Source

S. Messner, L. Anselin, D. Hawkins, G. Deane, S. Tolnay, R. Baller (2000). An Atlas of the Spatial Patterning of County-Level Homicide, 1960-1990. Pittsburgh, PA, National Consortium on Violence Research (NCOVR).

## Variables

Variable | Description
--- | ---
NAME | county name
STATE_NAME | state name
STATE_FIPS | state fips code (character)
CNTY_FIPS | county fips code (character)
FIPS | combined state and county fips code (character)
FIPSNO | fips code as numeric variable
HR7984 | homicide rate per 100,000 (1979-84)
HR8488 | homicide rate per 100,000 (1984-88)
HR8893 | homicide rate per 100,000 (1988-93)
HC7984 | homicide count (1979-84)
HC8488 | homicide count (1984-88)
HC8893 | homicide count (1988-93)
PO7984 | population total (1979-84)
PO8488 | population total (1984-88)
PO8893 | population total (1988-93)
PE77 | police expenditures per capita, 1977
PE82 | police expenditures per capita, 1982
PE87 | police expenditures per capita, 1987
RDAC80 | resource deprivation/affluence composite variable, 1980
RDAC85 | resource deprivation/affluence composite variable, 1985
RDAC90 | resource deprivation/affluence composite variable, 1990

Prepared by Luc Anselin

UIUC-ACE Spatial Analysis Laboratory

Last updated June 16, 2003