Banditry was endemic to Spanish terrain from Roman times through Franco

Evidence

Banditry was in no way a specifically Morisco phenomenon, nor was it limited chronologically to this period. Lawlessness of kinds that in English might loosely be classed as banditry had been a problem in Roman times, and was to be under Franco. Some might regard it as endemic in the terrain. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1177

Categorization

• QUESTION: Harvey floats the idea that banditry is ‘endemic in the terrain’ — worth chasing whether Spanish geographers/criminologists treat it as a geographic constant.