The Impact of a Model Cities Program on the Convergence of Crime Rates in a Model City Area and Residual Areas
Description:
One purpose of the national Model Cities Program was to reduce the incidence of crime and delinquency in poverty blighted areas to levels prevailing in the remainder of the community. A measurable goal projected by the Austin program was to reduce crime in its Model City Area (in comparison to the rest of the city) by at least 8.73 per cent during the operational years of the program. The central problem of the study was to examine the relationships between official crime rates in the Austin Mo…
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Date:
December 1976
Creator:
Tinkler, B. Rollo