SOCIETAL DETERMINANTS OF REPORTED CRIME IN THE AMERICAN STATES - A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS USING MULTIPLE REGRESSION

• NCJ Number: 37837
• Journal: Criminal Justice Review Volume: 1 Issue: 2 Dated: (FALL 1976) Pages: 127-132
• Author(s): R TATALOVICH
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: Georgia State University
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS RESEARCH NOTE PROVIDES STATISTICAL MODELS HIGHLY PREDICTIVE OF REPORTED CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES, EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF URBANISM AND METROPOLITANISM IN TERMS OF 25 SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLES.

Abstract

FINDINGS REVEALED THE IMPORTANCE OF METROPOLITANISM TO THE STATES' RATES OF REPORTED CRIME IN MOST CATEGORIES AND METROPOLITANISM SIGNIFIES THE IMPORTANCE OF LARGE, THE IMPORTANCE OF LARGE, URBANIZED AREAS TO THE INCIDENCE