Rural Transformations and Rural Crime: International Critical Perspectives in Rural Criminology

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Rural Transformations And Rural Crime: International Critical Perspectives In Rural Criminology -- Copyright Information -- Dedication -- Table Of Contents -- Notes On Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Series Preface -- 1 Reimagining Rural Criminology In A Time Of Change -- Introduction -- The Rural: Badlands Or Promised Land? -- Rural Crime: Imagery And Myths -- The Framework Of This Book -- References -- 2 Fifteen Reasons To Care About Rural Crime And Safety -- Introduction -- Why Care About Crime And Safety In Rural Areas? Crime Is Not Simply An Urban Phenomenon -- Low Crime Rates Do Not Mean 'no Problems' -- Rates Of Crime Reporting May Be Low In Rural Areas -- The 'rural' Is A Heterogeneous And Complex Space -- Rural Areas Are Under Constant Transformation -- Crime Is Influenced By The Very Nature Of Rural Areas -- Safety Perceptions In Rural Areas Are Complex And Unequal -- Violence Occurs In Global Rural Contexts -- Commodification Of Security Is Emerging -- Drug Production, Use And Dealing Threaten Rural Areas -- Policing And Crime Prevention Are Urban-centric Rural Crime Prevention Is Adopting Technological Measures -- The Theoretical Legacy Is Urban-centric And Dominated By The Global North -- The Intersectional Perspective On Safety Is Critical -- Crime And Safety Are Intertwined With Sustainable Rural Development -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Theoretical And Empirical Gaps In Rural Criminology -- Introduction -- Theoretical Flaws -- The Value Of Middle-range Theory -- Theoretical Gaps -- Rural Policing -- Indigenous Communities -- Fear Of Crime And Perceptions Of Safety And Security -- Lgbtiqa+ Hate, Anti-government, Militias, Nationalists, Separatists And Other Groups -- Interethnic Violence, Interracial Violence And Genocide -- Interpersonal Violence -- Violence, Harassment And Other Crimes Against Women -- Cybercrime -- The Trafficking Of Everything -- Drug Production, Trafficking, Use And Abuse -- Farm Victimisation -- Farmers As Offenders -- Natural Resource Extraction, Energy Boomtowns And Crime -- Environmental Crimes And Harms -- State And Corporate Crime -- Empirical Gaps -- Paradigms For Building Middle-range Theories And Closing Empirical Gaps -- Conclusion -- Notes Edited By Matt Bowden And Alistair Harkness. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.