Urban income segregation and homicides: An analysis using Brazilian cities selected by the Salurbal project

• Main Authors: Maria Izabel dos Santos (Author), Gervásio Ferreira dos Santos (Author), Anderson Freitas (Author), J. Firmino de Sousa Filho (Author), Caio Castro (Author), Aureliano S. Souza Paiva (Author), Amélia A. de Lima Friche (Author), Sharrelle Barber (Author), Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa (Author), Maurício L. Barreto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This paper investigates the associations of income segregation with homicide mortality across 152 cities in Brazil. Despite GDP increases, an important proportion of the Brazilian population experiences poverty and extreme poverty. Segregation refers to the way that different groups are located in s...