TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ceccato,Vania
AU  - Abraham,Jonatan
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Crime and Safety in the Rural: Lessons from research 
T2  - SpringerBriefs in Criminology,
SN  - 9783030982904
AV  - HV6001-7220.5 
U1  - 364 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Criminology
KW  - Crime
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Transnational crime
KW  - Crime and Society
KW  - Transnational Crime
N1  - 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; Open Access
N2  - 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. This is an open access book
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98290-4
ER  -