HCBE Faculty Articles
Title
Spectral Analysis of Reported Crime Data
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 1974
Publication Title
Journal of Criminal Justice
ISSN or ISBN
0047-2352
Volume
2
Issue/Number
4
First Page
329
Last Page
344
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
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
