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The effect of rural population on homicide rates across the rural-urban continuum: A county level analysis

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Using 3,130 counties and equivalents in the United States for 1980, this paper provides a test of the effects of rural population and its component parts, controlling for other factors, on homicide rates, across the rural-urban continuum. The results indicate that the percent rural population of a county continues to have an inhibitory effect upon homicide. However, this result is influenced by the rural-urban context of the county.

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Kowalski, G.S., Duffield, D. The effect of rural population on homicide rates across the rural-urban continuum: A county level analysis. AJCJ 15, 172–194 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02887463

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