This timely collection crosses international boundaries to highlight criminological issues with a rural focus. Using a variety of different perspectives, the co

49% of the world’s population lives in small towns, villages and farms, yet until recent years criminological scholarship has focused almost exclusively on ur

Rural crime is a fast growing area of interest among scholars in criminology. From studies of agricultural crime in Australia, to violence against women in Appa

Conducting rural criminological research exposes researchers to concerns such as absence or inadequate official data about crime and superficial rural-urban com

This timely collection crosses international boundaries to highlight criminological issues with a rural focus. Using a variety of different perspectives, the co