The impact of weather anomalies on violence in the coastal mid-latitudes : a cross-national comparison

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dc.contributor.author Breetzke, Gregory Dennis
dc.contributor.author Corcoran, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-16T13:08:27Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-16T13:08:27Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.description DATA AVAILABILITY : The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. en_US
dc.description CODE AVAILABILITY : Available on request. en_US
dc.description.abstract Cross-national studies examining the relationship between weather and crime are rare. Reasons are manifold but include the differences in countries due to geographical, climatic, and seasonal variations. In contrast in this study we examine the causal impact of temperature and rainfall anomalies on violent crime in locations located in two comparable geographic zones: Khayelitsha (in South Africa) and Ipswich (in Australia). We use ANOVA and Tukey’s tests to identify statistical meaningful differences (if any) in the impact of these weather anomalies on crime alongside the use of visualisations capturing the anomalous weather-violence relationship in these two contexts. Results show some similarities but also notable differences between locations which we attribute to their inherent socio-demographic differences which we expand upon. We conclude by highlighting the benefits of cross-national crime research, and motivate for its increased application in future research of this nature. en_US
dc.description.department Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-13:Climate action en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Open access funding provided by University of Pretoria. en_US
dc.description.uri https://link.springer.com/journal/484 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Breetzke, G., Corcoran, J. The impact of weather anomalies on violence in the coastal mid-latitudes: a cross-national comparison. International Journal of Biometeorology (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-024-02762-x. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0020-7128 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1432-1254 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1007/s00484-024-02762-x
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/98626
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Springer en_US
dc.rights © The Author(s) 2024. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. en_US
dc.subject Violent crime en_US
dc.subject Temperature en_US
dc.subject Rainfall en_US
dc.subject Khayelitsha en_US
dc.subject Ipswich en_US
dc.subject SDG-13: Climate action en_US
dc.title The impact of weather anomalies on violence in the coastal mid-latitudes : a cross-national comparison en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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