Los Angeles Homicides, 1830-2002 - Ohio State University Eric H Monkkonen, Los Angeles Homicides, 1830-2002 (HVD June 2005) There has been little research on United States homicide rates from a long-term perspective, primarily because there has been no consistent data series on a particular place preceding the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), which began its first full year in 1931
Western Homicide: The Case of Los Angeles, 1830–1870 Los Angeles has records that enable the study of the city’s and county’s homicide rates from the Mexican period onward This article analyzes the four decades between 1830 and 1870 Although a sparsely populated region and city, the number and rate of homicides demonstrate levels of personal violence usually associated only with mining towns such as those studied by Roger McGrath No
Murder in Old Los Angeles | Lost LA | Arts Culture | PBS SoCal Monkkonen found heightened levels of homicide in 1847, the mid-1850s, and 1870 (his ending year) The worst years for murder in old Los Angeles were the mid-1850s Compared with cities on the East Coast, Los Angeles for a generation was extraordinarily violent, even more violent at times than frontier towns more famous in Western lore
Los Angeles Homicides, 1830-2003 - Catalog There has been little research on United States homicide rates from a long-term perspective, primarily because there has been no consistent data series on a particular place preceding the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), which began its first full year in 1931 To fill this research gap, this project created a data series that spans two centuries on homicides per capita for the city of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Homicides, 1830-2003 - University of Michigan Part 1 (Annual Homicides and Related Data) variables include Los Angeles County annual counts of homicides, counts of female victims, method of killing such as drowning, suffocating, or strangling, and the homicide rate
The History of Homicide in the U. S. Substantial variation in the timing of changes in homicide rates across regions prior to the Great Depression Remarkably low aggregate homicide rates in the mid-18th century and early 19th century Lower rates of commission by African Americans than European Americans through most of our nation’s history
Homicide in Los Angeles, 1827–2002 - MIT Press Abstract An analysis of nearly two centuries of homicide data that stretch back to the Mexican period for the city and county of Los Angeles reveal a long history of violence in the region, one in which the homicide rate has consistently been higher than that of other major cities Such factors as national culture, regional differences, demographics, economics, and political structure help to
History of Los Angeles County - 1848 to 1865 The U S Census records 4,385 people in the City of Los Angeles and 11,333 people for all Los Angeles County Los Angeles is linked to San Francisco by telegraph
What Happened in Los Angeles in the 1800s: A Transformative Century for . . . The 1800s was a transformative century for Los Angeles, a time when the city evolved from a small Spanish settlement to a rapidly growing American metropolis This century saw the rise of California’s economy, the impact of the Mexican-American War, and the cultural integration of diverse groups From the Gold Rush to the development of infrastructure, the 1800s were pivotal in shaping the
Los Angeles: History - Spanish and Anglos Settle, Trade Industry Thrives Spanish and Anglos Settle, Trade Industry Thrives The area around present-day Los Angeles was first explored by Europeans in 1769 when Gaspar de Portola and a group of missionaries camped on what is now called the Los Angeles River Franciscans built Mission San Gabriel about 9 miles to the north in 1771 In 1781, Felipe de Neve, governor of Alte California, founded a settlement called El