Crime in Rural Australia
Published on 1. March 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
350 pages
978-1-86287-635-4 (ISBN)
Description
Contemporary rural crime is more varied and sophisticated than it once was. The new forms range from agricultural crimes, such as the theft of water designated for agricultural production to environmental crimes such as the illegal dumping of waste. They take place side by side with traditional rural crimes such as cattle duffing while urban crimes such as drug and alcohol abuse and violent assaults are also prevalent, and on the rise. Crime in Rural Australia covers them all. It brings together leading academics who examine the major dimensions of crime and justice in rural and regional Australia including: the extent of rural crime, farm crime, violence, juvenile crime, policing, Indigenous crime and justice, crime prevention, drugs, fear of crime, and sentencing and punishment.It includes vignettes on rural policing and the stock squad from the perspectives of the NSW police. An ideal text for rural crime and criminology courses, Crime in Rural Australia will also be of interest to criminal justice practitioners, policy-makers, and criminology scholars.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Annandale, NSW
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Weight
358 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86287-635-4 (9781862876354)
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Content
Contents Preface by David Gray 1 Introduction, Elaine Barclay, John Scott, Joseph F. Donnermeyer and Russell Hogg Section 1: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives in Rural Crime 2 Locating rural crime: the role of theory, Joseph F. Donnermeyer 3 Community and crime in rural Australia, Elaine Barclay and Joseph F. Donnermeyer 4 Crime in rural and regional areas, Kerry Carrington Section 2: Issues In Rural Criminology 5 Farm victimisation: the quintessential rural crime, Elaine Barclay and Joseph F. Donnermeyer Vignette: The stock squad, Bron Steele and Mick Burns 6 Alcohol and drug problems in rural and regional Australia, Melissa Bull 7 Violence and the architecture of rural life, Kerry Carrington 8 Young people and crime in rural communities, Elaine Barclay, Russell Hogg and John Scott Section 3: Policy and the Administration of Justice 9 Fear, law and order and politics: tales of two rural towns, Murray Lee 10 Policing in rural Australia: the country cop as law enforcer and local resident, John Scott and Patrick C. Jobes 11 Rural policing, Steve Bradshaw 12 Crime, justice and indigenous people, Chris Cunneen 13 Crime prevention and rural communities, Melissa Bull 14 Punishment and the courts in rural communities, Russell Hogg 15 A view from the bench, David Heilpern