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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Networks. 2017 Mar 28;51:40–59. doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2017.01.007

Table 4.

TERGM models - Different crime types

Formation Models Model 1a -Homicides Model 2a -Robbery Model 3a - Robbery and aggravated assault
Network structure
 Edge -4.07 (0.17) *** -4.01 (0.17) *** -3.84 (0.19) ***
 Reciprocity 0.05 (0.17) 0 (0.18) -0.02 (0.19)
 Geometrical weighted in-degree (popularity spread) -4.07 (0.28) *** -4.09 (0.26) *** -4.06 (0.27) ***
Receiver effects (“Work” community effects)
 Violent Crime Rate 0.48 (0.33) 0.03 (0.01) 0.15 (0.1)
 Residential stability -0.84 (0.07) *** -0.83 (0.07) *** -0.82 (0.08) ***
 Racial and ethnic diversity -0.29 (0.05) *** -0.29 (0.05) *** -0.32 (0.06) ***
 Density of local jobs 1.29 (0.21) *** 1.28 (0.21) *** 1.15 (0.23) ***
Sender effects (“Home” community effects)
 Violent Crime Rate -0.9 (0.36) * -0.04 (0.02) * -0.27 (0.12) *
 Residential stability 0.47 (0.08) *** 0.45 (0.08) *** 0.45 (0.08) ***
 Racial and ethnic diversity 0.18 (0.06) ** 0.14 (0.06) * 0.14 (0.06) *
 Density of local jobs 0.31 (0.21) 0.32 (0.21) 0.25 (0.24)
Relational effects
 Spatial proximity 1.98 (0.15) *** 1.98 (0.15) *** 2.01 (0.15) ***
 Transportation 0.19 (0.03) *** 0.18 (0.03) *** 0.18 (0.03) ***
Dissimilarity
 Violent Crime Rate -0.37 (0.39) -0.05 (0.02) * -0.4 (0.13) **
 Residential stability -0.29 (0.09) *** -0.29 (0.08) *** -0.28 (0.09) **
 Racial and ethnic diversity -0.21 (0.06) *** -0.18 (0.06) ** -0.21 (0.06) ***
 Density of local jobs -0.25 (0.21) -0.21 (0.21) -0.14 (0.24)
AIC -741410 -741413 -593211
BIC -741259 -741262 -593062

Dissolution Models Model 1b -Homicides Model 2b -Robbery Model 3b - Robbery and aggravated assault

Network structure
 Edge 0.89 (0.18) *** 0.87 (0.2) *** 0.74 (0.21) ***
 Reciprocity 0.04 (0.18) 0.04 (0.18) -0.06 (0.19)
 Geometrical weighted in-degree (popularity spread) -1.56 (0.23) *** -1.55 (0.23) *** -1.49 (0.24) ***
Receiver effects (“Work” community effects)
 Violent Crime Rate -1.15 (0.37) ** -0.01 (0.02) -0.01 (0.15)
 Residential stability -0.31 (0.08) *** -0.36 (0.08) *** -0.34 (0.08) ***
 Racial and ethnic diversity -0.18 (0.06) ** -0.16 (0.06) * -0.17 (0.07) *
 Density of local jobs 1.19 (0.2) *** 1.2 (0.2) *** 1.22 (0.21) ***
Sender effects (“Home” community effects)
 Violent Crime Rate -0.81 (0.34) * -0.04 (0.01) ** -0.39 (0.11) ***
 Residential stability -0.01 (0.09) -0.04 (0.09) -0.11 (0.1)
 Racial and ethnic diversity 0.2 (0.06) *** 0.15 (0.06) * 0.13 (0.06) *
 Density of local jobs -0.09 (0.17) -0.04 (0.17) 0.02 (0.18)
Relational effects
 Spatial proximity 0.69 (0.14) *** 0.69 (0.15) *** 0.77 (0.16) ***
 Transportation 0.11 (0.03) *** 0.11 (0.03) *** 0.12 (0.03) ***
Dissimilarity
 Violent Crime Rate 0.35 (0.4) 0 (0.02) 0.04 (0.15)
 Residential stability 0.04 (0.09) 0.06 (0.09) 0.13 (0.1)
 Racial and ethnic diversity -0.22 (0.07) ** -0.2 (0.07) ** -0.2 (0.08) **
 Density of local jobs 0.06 (0.18) 0.04 (0.18) -0.02 (0.19)
AIC 3511 3517 3208
BIC 3624 3630 3319

Notes: Main cells represent ERGM estimates. Standard errors in parentheses. N = 77 nodes (community areas).

***

p < .001,

**

p < .01,

*

p < .05,

p <.10