Social disruption theory and crime in rural communities: Comparisons across three levels of tourism growth

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 905-915

  Park, Minkyung ^a   Stokowski, Patricia A ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime impacts; Rural tourism communities; Social disruption theory; Tourism development; Tourism growth

Indexed keywords

CRIME; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL THEORY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249239053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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