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Factors that are known to affect the volume and <br />type of crime occurring from place to place: <br />•Population density and degree of urbanization. <br />•Variations in composition of the population, particularly youth concentration. <br />•Stability of the population with respect to residents; mobility, commuting patterns, and transient <br />factors. <br />•Economic conditions, including median income, poverty level, and job availability. <br />•Modes of transportation and highway systems. <br />•Cultural factors and educational, recreational, and religious characteristics. <br />•Family conditions with respect to divorce and family cohesiveness. <br />•Climate. <br />•Effective strength of law enforcement agencies. <br />•Administrative and investigative emphases on law enforcement. <br />•Policies of other components of the criminal justice system (i.e., prosecutorial, judicial, correctional, <br />and probational). <br />•Citizens’ attitudes toward crime. <br />•Crime reporting practices of the citizenry.