Examining the Relationship Between Weapon Type and Relationship Type in American Homicides: A Bayesian Approach
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Past research indicates that weapon type used in a homicide predicts the victim-perpetrator relationship. Limitations include small sample sizes, inconsistent findings, and limited data analytic techniques. To address these limitations, we examined 363,927 homicides and used Bayesian multilevel categorical regression. In addition to analyzing weapon type (final model consisted of 16 weapon categories), we examined the victims’ sex, age, and race as covariates and modeled the data across states and counties. Results indicate that weapon type is highly informative, however, the age of the victim and sex of the victim interact with weapon type in important ways.
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2009 ◽
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pp. 500-506
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2019 ◽
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pp. 499-521
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