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Record Nr.

UNINA9910580294303321

Autore

Ceccato Vania

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer Nature, 2022

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

3-030-98290-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Criminology

Classificazione

SOC004000

Altri autori (Persone)

AbrahamJonatan

Soggetti

Crime & criminology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.