Rural Migration, Rapid Growth, and Fear of Crime*

摘要: Although much research on rural "boomtowns" explores differences between rapid-growth communities and more stable communities, it is logical to consider that residents within boomtowns experience community transitions in different ways. We examine a specific outcome, fear of crime, across three categories with migration histories: lifetime residents, migrants who joined the boomtown during its period rapid growth, post-boom migrants. This perspective particularly interesting, given likelihood these have had substantially experiences. Making use survey data from two intermountain West represent resource-dependent 1970s 1980s (Evanston, Wyoming Delta, Utah), we find boom express greater crime than longer-term or The findings suggest decline "post-boom" periods not equal among residents. Language: en