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Direct linkBeyerlein, Kraig – Social Forces, 2005
Using American religious traditions as measures of bonding and bridging social capital in communities, we empirically test how these different forms of social capital affect crime rates in 3,157 U.S. counties in 2000. Our results suggest that the bonding networks evangelical Protestants promote in communities explain why counties with a greater…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Crime, Religious Factors, Protestants
Download full textMorse, H. N.; Eastman, E. Fred; Monahan, A. C. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
There is a great need of accurate information in regard to educational conditions in rural communities throughout the country. The ordinary statistics of rural schools and other agencies of education and their results give only averages and fail to tell the truth about any particular agency or result. Much good would come from a complete…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Rural Education, Counties, Rural Schools
