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Book SynopsisWhat are the theoretical and conceptual framings of rural criminology across the world? Thinking creatively about the challenges of rural crime and policing, in this stimulating collection of essays experts in this emerging field draw from theories of modernity, feminism, climate change, left realism and globalisation. This first book in the Research in Rural Crime series offers state-of-the-art scholarship from across the globe, and considers the future agenda for the discipline.
Table of Contents1. Reimagining Rural Criminology in a Time of Change - Matt Bowden and Alistair Harkness 2. Fifteen Reasons to Care About Rural Crime and Safety - Vania Ceccato 3. Theoretical and Empirical Gaps in Rural Criminology - Joseph F. Donnermeyer 4. Late Modernity and the Governance of Rural Security: From Solid to Liquid - Matt Bowden and Artur Pytlarz 5. Feminist Perspectives on Woman Abuse in Rural and Remote Places: Pushing the Criminological Envelope - Walter DeKeseredy 6. A Left Realist Perspective to Rural Crime: The Case of Agricultural Theft in Ireland - James Windle 7. Climate Change and the Geographies of Ecocide - Rob White 8. Critical Perspectives on Rural Policing in Times of Change: Cops, Communications and Context - Andrew Wooff 9. Rural Policing: Spaces of Coherence and Fragmentation - Susanne Stenbacka 10. Punishment, Politics and the Realities of Rurality - Rachel Hale, Alistair Harkness and Kyle Mulrooney 11. The Future for Rural Criminology: Transcendence and Transformation of Borders - Alistair Harkness, Matt Bowden and Joseph F. Donnermeyer
