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

• Superior document: SpringerBriefs in Criminology
• Author: Ceccato, Vania.
• TeilnehmendeR: Abraham, Jonatan.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: SpringerBriefs in criminology.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (135 pages)

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.

Table of 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.