. This project will create two specialty homicide databases in the United States (2000-2018) using resources previously developed. These specialty homicide data will be merged with several unique public data sources that collect information on local crime statistics, other measure of the local environment, and socio-demographic Census data. This specialty database can then be used by the project team and other researchers to test the correlates of certain types of homicides. Homicide is a major source of mortality for adolescent and young adult men and is therefore a major public health issue. This project will also create a GIS database which geo-codes certain types of homicides for other researchers to study the independent effect of these homicides on population health, health disparities, and community well-being.

Public Health Relevance

. Our project will build a database of selected types of homicides that have occurred from 2000 to the present. We will compile nearly two decades of selected types of homicide data in the United States to test heretofore untested hypotheses regarding the causes and effects of these homicides, a widely recognized public health problem with potentially far-reaching community effects. First, we will create a specialized homicide database to test the correlates of homicides. Second, we will create a geodatabase that spatially pinpoints all selected types of homicides that will allow for the study of the effect of these homicides on population health and community well-being. Third, we will examine relationships between local and contextual factors, and certain key types of homicide.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
1R01HD093382-01A1
Application #
9472767
Study Section
Social Sciences and Population Studies A Study Section (SSPA)
Program Officer
Bures, Regina M
Project Start
2017-12-15
Project End
2021-11-30
Budget Start
2017-12-15
Budget End
2018-11-30
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2018
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Southern California
Department
Social Sciences
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
072933393
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90089