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Re:2017 Homicide Rates in Latin America and the Carribean by afpx on Saturday January 20, 2018 @11:08AM (#16193808)
There’s a strong negative correlation between latitude and crime. One hypothesis is that people further away from the equator spend more time inside annually, and thus have less opportunity for crime.
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Re:2017 Homicide Rates in Latin America and the Carribean by sulam on Saturday January 20, 2018 @11:28AM (#16193913)
Alaska is next to South Carolina. DC tops the list. Both of these are relatively small populations, but then you have Michigan and Indiana above New Mexico.

If there's a correlation there, it doesn't seem obviously strong.

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Re:2017 Homicide Rates in Latin America and the Carribean by afpx on Saturday January 20, 2018 @02:34PM (#16194980)
Sorry, I wasn’t clear - the correlation is from calculations at the census tract level, not the data linked. I did the analysis years ago.
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Re:2017 Homicide Rates in Latin America and the Carribean by 0xfeba on Saturday January 20, 2018 @11:15AM (#16193841)
Also, southern states are way more likely to be poorer and have poorer populations.
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Re:2017 Homicide Rates in Latin America and the Carribean by lostlogin on Saturday January 20, 2018 @01:44PM (#16194706)
You get a good idea of this by comparing winter and summer stats for the same location. Hot, humid weather causes more crime.

This linked adds a new dimension - climate change with warmer temperatures would appear to come with an increased death toll due to crime.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009506961...

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Re:2017 Homicide Rates in Latin America and the Carribean by bluedino on Saturday January 20, 2018 @12:19PM (#16194172)
Chicago? Flint? Detroit?
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Re:2017 Homicide Rates in Latin America and the Carribean by CthulhuCoin on Saturday January 20, 2018 @11:18AM (#16193855)
VT and NH are on the same latitude and the delta is pretty significant at .5
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