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Peer reviewedKrannich, Richard S.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1985
A survey of 441 adults from four small rural Utah and Wyoming communities exhibiting highly divergent population growth patterns indicates residents of energy "boom" towns do not report criminal victimization experiences that differ from those in "nonboom" communities, but they do exhibit significantly higher fear of crime.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Crime, Fear, Population Growth
