`` `` this research illustrates the historical persistence of homicide in the south and presents a regionalization of u.s. states based on their quinquennial homicide profiles since 1935. several social indicators are plotted against trends in lethal violence for the homicide regions . the analysis suggests a pattern of rates declining away from a core region in alabama and georgia , and some convergence between the high rates of the south and the increasing rates of other regions . '' ''
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