Crime and the Countryside

David A. McGranahan

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1986, vol. 02, issue 2

Abstract: Rural crime rates, though less than urban rates, now exceed the urban level of 20 years ago. Because the crime increase came at about the same time as renewed rural population growth, some blamed the growth itself. But incomplete or broken families (measured by the percentage of children not living with both parents) isa key link to rural crime—not poverty, race, or population growth.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310353

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