The impact of the rural population component on homicide rates in the United States: a county-level analysis
Kowalski, G.S.; Duffield, D.
Rural Sociology 55(1): 76-90
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-0112 DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1990.tb00674.xDocument Number: 367335
Using 3,130 U.S. counties or county equivalents, this paper provides a test of the impact of rural population on the violent crime of homicide, while controlling for the effects of other correlates. The results indicate that the traditional bond of group cohesion assumed to be associated with the rural environment and its residents continues to have an inhibiting effect on homicide for counties in the United States.