Reported crime rates in areas of Colorado (boom towns) affected by energy resource
development are compared with rates in areas not affected by such development. The
findings indicate that crime rates have increased more dramatically and at faster
rates in boom areas than in nonboom areas. Population growth does not appear suf
ficient to explain the rise in the rates of criminal activity.
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