Crime and safety in the rural : lessons from research / Vania Ceccato, Jonatan Abraham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ceccato, Vania.

Contributor:

Abraham, Jonatan.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in criminology.

SpringerBriefs in Criminology

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cham Springer Nature 2022

Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Criminology has until recently neglected the nature and levels of crime outside the urban realm. This is not a surprise as crime tends to concentrate in urban areas and the police directs resources where the problems are. Yet, there are many reasons why scholars, decision-makers and society as a whole should care about crime and safety in rural areas. This book highlights 20 reasons why crime and safety in rural areas is a topic of relevance. We attempt to untangle currently simplistic views of the rural by discussing a number of facets of the countryside as both safe and criminogenic, and more importantly, a hybrid place worth to be examined in its own right. We adopt the notion of a rural-urban continuum that captures the nuances of places of varied nature, spanning from remote and desolate spaces to accessible and connected environments of the urban fringe. Areas on the rural-urban continuum may be in constant transformation given local and global influences, which imposes challenges for policing and long-term social sustainability. Then, the book critically reviews a rich body of English-language literature in rural criminology that extends over more than four decades—a scholarship that has engaged researchers and practitioners in all continents. The books finishes with a discussion of the emergent research questions of the field, and offers implications for practice and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Contents:

Crime and safety in rural areas

Reasons why crime and safety in rural areas matter

Current knowledge on crime and safety in rural areas

Crime, offenders and victims

Safety perceptions in rural areas

Police and criminal justice

Crime prevention and safety interventions

Emergent topics in research in rural areas

Implications for practice

Conclusions and recommendations.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-030-98290-4

OCLC:

1333951980

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access