10.2190/DW6Q-UGVU-XNC5-9YJP DW6QUGVUXNC59YJP 5 The Changing Spatial Dimension of Black Homicide in Selected American Cities 57 80 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 DW6QUGVUXNC59YJP.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=DW6QUGVUXNC59YJP 1 Harold M. Rose Department of Urban Affairs and Geography, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee Black homicide is a topic that has received only limited attention, in general, but even less in terms of its spatial implications. This investigation, however, basically attempts to identify high homicide risk environments in a set of cities where the aggregate risk is known to be high. Both methods of evaluating risk and the spatial patterns of risk stability are the central focus of the study. D. Archer and R. Gartner, Violent Acts and Violent Times: A Comparative Approach to Postwar Homicide Rates, <i>American Sociological Review, 41</i>, 1976. F. E. Zimring, Determinants of the Death Rate from Robbery, H. M. Rose (ed.), <i>Lethal Aspects of Urban Violence</i>, Lexington Books, Lexington, Massachusetts, pp. 31-50, 1979. M. E. Wolfgang, Perceived and Real Changes in Crime and Punishment, <i>Daedalus, 107</i>:1, pp. 143-158, 1978. I. Waldron and J. Eyer, Socioeconomic Causes of the Recent Rise in Death Rates for 15-24 Year Olds, <i>Social Science and Medicine, 9</i>, pp. 31-50, 1979. R. Gastil, Homicide and a Regional Culture of Violence, <i>American Sociological Review, 36</i>, pp. 412-426, 1971. G. F. Pyle, <i>The Spatial Dynamics of Crime</i>, Department of Geography, University of Chicago, Chicago, 1974. K. D. Harries, <i>The Geography of Crime and Justice</i>, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1974. R. E. Dennis, Social Stress and Mortality Among Non-White Males, <i>Phylon, 38</i>, pp. 315-328, 1972. S. V. Kasl and E. Harburg, Perceptions of the Neighborhood and the Desire to Move Out, <i>Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 38</i>, pp. 318-324, 1972. A. J. Klebba, Homicide Trends in the United States, 1900-74, <i>Public Health Reports, 90</i>, pp. 195-204, 1975. Y. Shin, D. Jedlicka, and E. Lee, Homicide Among Blacks, <i>Phylon, 38</i>, pp. 398-407, 1977. J. Boudouris, Homicide and the Family, <i>Journal of Marriage and the Family, 33</i>:4, pp. 667-676, 1971. M. Herjanic and D. Meyer, Notes on Epidemology of Homicide in an Urban Area, unpublished manuscript. R. S. Munford and others, Homicide Trends in Atlanta, <i>Journal of Criminology, 14</i>, pp. 213-232, 1976. P. Cook, The Effect of Gun Availability on Robbery and Robbery Murder: A Cross-Section Study of Fifty Cities, <i>Policy Studies Review Annual, 3</i>, pp. 743-781, 1979. S. Hackney, Southern Violence, H. Graham and T. Gurr (eds.), <i>Violence in America</i>, Sage Publications, pp. 393-410, 1969. J. Reed, <i>The Enduring South</i>, Lexington Books, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1972. I. S. Lowry, The Dismal Future of Central Cities, A. P. Solomon (ed.), <i>The Prospective City</i>, M. I. T. Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 161-203, 1980. G. M. Wilt and J. Bannon, <i>A Comprehensive Analysis of Conflict-Motivated Homicides and Assaults — Detroit 1972-73</i>, Final Report, The Police Foundation, Washington, D. C., 1974. H. M. Rose and D. R. Deskins, Felony Murder: The Case of Detroit, <i>Urban Geography, 1</i>, pp. 1-21, 1980. R. Block, Community, Environment, and Violent Crime, <i>Criminology, 17</i>, pp. 667-676, 1979. T. A. Hartshorn and others, <i>Atlanta, Metropolis in Georgia</i>, Ballinger Publishing Compnay, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976.