Boston Violent Crime Map (IMAGE)

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Boston Violent Crime Map

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This map of Boston, showing violent crimes down to the census block level, is just an example of the kind of geographic mapping of key data that can predict future violence. In the new paper, researchers combined crime data with data on alcohol availability, drug markets and demographics from the census.

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