historical violence database
Homicide in Los Angeles, 1830-2003
Eric Monkkonen
Eric Monkkonen was the author of many studies of urban crime and violence. Although his history of homicide in Los Angeles was not yet complete or vetted for errors when he passed away in 2005, he kindly shared his data so that other researchers can use them. The data are described in the codebook and in Monkkonen, Eric H. (2003) "Homicide in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago." Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 92: 101-14.
The codebook is available in Microsoft WORD. The data are described in the codebook and in the study from which the data are drawn. The annual and individual data are available in SPSS files (.sav).
The data are in the form that Eric gathered and entered them.
Codebook - Los Angeles homicide codebook (WORD)
Annual Homicides and Related Data - Los Angeles homicides annual (SPSS)
Individual Homicide Data - Los Angeles homicides individual (SPSS)