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SOUTH AFRICA - URBANIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION AS CRIMINOGENIC FACTORS

NCJ Number
5834
Journal
International Review of Criminal Policy Issue: 20 Dated: (1962) Pages: 59-71
Author(s)
H J VENTER
Date Published
1962
Length
13 pages
Annotation
STATISTICAL STUDY ON POPULATION MOVEMENT, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS, AND CRIME RATES IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH AFRICA.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT A DIRECT CAUSATIVE RELATION CANNOT BE POSTULATED FOR THE INCREASE IN CRIME AND URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH, BUT THESE PHENOMENA DO LEAD TO PERSONAL DISRUPTION AND SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION, WHICH ENHANCE THE DANGER OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT.

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