Tourism and crime

Abstract

This conference did not solve the problem of crime in tourist-recreation destination regions. It did, however, allow interested participants an opportunity to inventory and generalized the crime problems and prospects as they related to a few destination regions in the Southeast. Differing criminal laws, law enforcement, gun-control laws, sentencing practices, and jury selection leave little doubt as to the truth of the statement that punishment for a crime is dependent on where the crime takes place. ∠ Further study of deceptive crime statistics and criminal characteristics for rural America is a much needed research goal for the planning and design of more viable tourist-recreation destination regions.