Locating City, Suburban, and Rural Crime
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The vas t majority of crimes commit ted against city, suburban, and rural residents in 1983 occurred in the general a r e a where the victims lived. Xowever, suburban dwellers were more likely t o be victims of cr imes of violence within the ci ty limits of the cen t ra l c i t ies of their metropolitan areas (12%) than were ci ty dwellers t o become victims in the suburban a reas surrounding their cities (5%). The comparable figures for c r imes of t h e f t were 13% and 6%, respectively. Resi-
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