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Engagement in the electoral processes: scaling laws and the role of the political positions
M. C. Mantovani, H. V. Ribeiro, E. K. Lenzi +2
We report on a statistical analysis of the engagement in the electoral processes of all Brazilian cities by considering the number of party memberships and the number of candidates…
Distance to the scaling law: a useful approach for unveiling relationships between crime and urban metrics
Luiz G. A. Alves, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Ervin K. Lenzi +1
We report on a quantitative analysis of relationships between the number of homicides, population size and other ten urban metrics. By using data from Brazilian cities, we show tha…
Scaling laws in the dynamics of crime growth rate
Luiz Gustavo de Andrade Alves, Haroldo Valentin Ribeiro, Renio dos Santos Mendes
The increasing number of crimes in areas with large concentrations of people have made cities one of the main sources of violence. Understanding characteristics of how crime rate e…