The journey to drug crime literature has found that, in cities, Black people travel shorter distances from their homes before being arrested relative to White people. Per race and rationality theory, the racialization of space shapes the decision-making processes of people arrested for drug offenses. Because residential segregation patterns and racialized social structures differ across levels of urbanization, this study uses negative binomial regression models to evaluate Black-White differences in journeys to crime for drug possessions, and the study assesses socioeconomic and opportunity characteristics of offense locations at the micro-level using drug arrest reports across the State of Delaware. We find that travel distances and predictors of offense locations differ across geographic areas (i.e., small cities, suburban areas, small towns, rural areas, and touristic rural areas). A place’s racial composition, concentrated disadvantage, and opportunity characteristics differently impact offense locations across geographic areas. Accordingly, in studying journeys to crime, researchers should consider the various ways that race shapes constructions of crime and place across the rural–urban continuum.

毒品犯罪文献之旅发现，在城市中，黑人相对于白人来说，在被捕之前离家的距离更短。根据种族和理性理论，空间的种族化影响着因毒品犯罪而被捕的人的决策过程。由于居住隔离模式和种族化社会结构因城市化水平的不同而不同，本研究使用负二项式回归模型来评估黑人和白人在毒品犯罪过程中的差异，并且该研究评估了微观犯罪地点的社会经济和机会特征。级别使用特拉华州各地的毒品逮捕报告。我们发现，不同地理区域（即小城市、郊区、小城镇、农村地区和乡村旅游地区）的行进距离和犯罪地点的预测因素有所不同。一个地方的种族构成、集中的劣势和机会特征对不同地理区域的进攻地点产生不同的影响。因此，在研究犯罪历程时，研究人员应该考虑种族塑造城乡连续体犯罪和地点结构的各种方式。