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Firearm Lethality in Drug Market Contexts
| Title: | Firearm Lethality in Drug Market Contexts. |
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| Name(s): |
McCutcheon, James, Author Corzine, Harold, Committee Chair Jasinski, Jana, Committee Member Huff-Corzine, Lin, Committee Member Jarvis, John, Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2013 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | The current study examines firearms' impact on the relationship between illegal drug markets and homicide. At the county-level, Iowa and Virginia are analyzed using crime data from the National Incident Based Reporting System. More specifically, gun availability is tested as a mediator for county drug crime rates and homicide counts. Variable selection and prediction is based on routine activity and social disorganization theories. I argue that social disorganization allows the context for which criminal opportunity presents itself through routine activities. I posit gun availability mediates a positive relationship between illegal drug markets and homicide, with differences between urban and rural communities. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0004888 (IID), ucf:49658 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2013-08-01 Ph.D. Sciences, Sociology Doctoral This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | lethality -- drug market -- firearms -- firearm -- gun -- guns -- gun availability -- homicide -- social disorganization -- routine activity theory | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004888 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public 2013-08-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
