TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1983//
TI  - Urbanism, Race, and Crime
JO  - Journal of research in crime and delinquency
A1  - Laub, John H.
SP  - 183
EP  - 198
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
N2  - There is general agreement that urbanism is an important correlate of criminality. However, the interpretation of the relation is a matter of theoretical dispute. Some argue that differences in crime rates across the urban-rural dimension can be attributed to differences in the compositions of the populations residing in those areas. The most common argument is that there is a confounding effect between urbanism and race. This paper uses National Crime Survey data to test the compositional argument. The findings imply a reconsideration of the accepted relationship between urbanism and crime generally portrayed in the criminological literature. Data limitations are noted.<p /> 
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SN  - 0022-4278
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002242788302000203
ID  - ref1
ER  -