Homicides in Alagoas - Brazil: A spatial analysis

This paper aimed to identify the main factors that influence homicides in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Therefore, we employed the Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) technique and estimated spatial models in order to fix spatial autocorrelation. Although several articles have explored this th...

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Main Authors: Thierry Molnar Prates, Rhafaella Karlla Costa Santana da Silva, Anderson Moreira Aristides dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editorial de la Universidad Nacional del Sur (Ediuns) 2022-12-01
Series:Estudios Económicos
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Online Access:https://revistas.uns.edu.ar/ee/article/view/3175
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Summary:This paper aimed to identify the main factors that influence homicides in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Therefore, we employed the Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) technique and estimated spatial models in order to fix spatial autocorrelation. Although several articles have explored this theme for other states in Brazil, we chose Alagoas, a small state in northeastern Brazil, since it lead the homicide ranking per 100 thousand inhabitants in 2010, at the time of the national census. The main results show that the higher the income concentration, the greater the number of poor and the lower the educational level, the higher the homicide rate.
ISSN:0425-368X
2525-1295