Spectral Analysis of Reported Crime Data

Author(s)

William Stronge, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Lee R. McPheters

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Criminal Justice

ISSN

0047-2352

Publication Date

Winter 1974

Abstract/Excerpt

This paper applies spectral analysis to data on reported crimes for a medium-sized city. The objective is to examine certain aspects of the statistical properties of crime data, as well as to illustrate the utility of the spectral-analytic method for criminal justice research. A discussion of the theoretical underpinnings of the spectral analysis technique is provided through analogy with familiar least squares regression methods. Both spectral and cross-spectral analysis are then employed to test selected hypotheses concerning the data.

DOI

10.1016/0047-2352(74)90095-6

Volume

2

Issue

4

First Page

329

Last Page

344

NSUWorks Citation

Stronge, William and McPheters, Lee R., "Spectral Analysis of Reported Crime Data" (1974). HCBE Faculty Articles. 813.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/813