Seymour's Crimes: A Case Study

I live in Seymour, Tennessee, which is just South of Knoxville, the third largest city in the state. When I first moved there in 1972, Seymour was considered very rural, but now is littered with subdivisions and many businesses. There are still several large agriculture areas spread around the residential areas. People first moved to Seymour to avoid the high crime rates and violent crimes of the cities. In the 1970’s crimes were almost nonexistent and included acts such as thefts, holiday vandalisms, and the occasional home burglaries. It was considered a very safe place to live and perfect to raise a family. The change in types and amount of crime occurred in the 1990s when largenumbers of people moved from Knoxville and