@article{ref1,
title="The impact of COVID-19 on the spatial distribution of shooting violence in Buffalo, NY",
journal="Journal of experimental criminology",
year="2023",
author="Drake, Gregory and Wheeler, Andrew P. and Kim, Dae-Young and Phillips, Scott W. and Mendolera, Kathryn",
volume="19",
number="2",
pages="513–530-513–530",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This paper examines the extent to which hotspots of shooting violence changed following the emergence of COVID-19. <br><br>METHODS: This analysis uses Andresen's Spatial Point Pattern test on 1500 by 1500 foot grid cells, correcting for multiple comparisons, on a 10-year sample of geocoded shooting data from Buffalo New York. <br><br>RESULTS: This work finds zero micro-grid cells are not statistically different from pre to post COVID stay at home orders and instead that the observed rise in shootings in the sample appears to be a consistent proportional increase across the city. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide law enforcement with useful information about how to respond to the recent rise in shooting violence, but additional work is needed to better understand what, among a number of competing theories, is driving the increase.   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11292-021-09497-4.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1573-3750",
doi="10.1007/s11292-021-09497-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11292-021-09497-4"
}