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Rural-Urban Differences in Sexual Victimization and Reporting

Analyses Using UCR and Crisis Center Data

R. BARRY RUBACK

Pennsylvania State University

KIM S. MÉNARD

Pennsylvania State University

In this study, the authors analyzed data from Uniform Crime Reports and from rape crisis centers in all 67 counties in Pennsylvania. Although absolute numbers of sexual victimization cases reported to rape crisis centers were higher in urban counties, rates of sexual victimization were higher in rural counties, particularly those with above median proportions of female officeholders in the county. Subsequent analyses indicated this effect was not related to the provision of victim services but could be related to a better educated population being more likely to use such services. In terms of reporting to the police, urban counties and counties with higher levels of assaults by strangers had higher rates of reporting to the police, although these effects were somewhat qualified by an interaction of the two variables. Additional analyses suggest that whether the county is urban or rural is related to the amount of funding allocated to victim services programs.

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 28, No. 2, 131-155 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854801028002001
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