Table of Contents
1.Introduction: Rural crime prevention in theory and context
Tarah Hodgkinson and Alistair Harkness SECTION ONE: Theory and context 2.Social justice and problematising the concept of ‘rural'
Joseph F. Donnermeyer 3.The development of rational models of crime prevention: A critique of the situationist common sense in rural contexts
Matt Bowden and Artur Pytlarz 4.Social crime prevention: Theory, community and the ‘rural idyll’
Bridget A. Harris 5.The role of modern technology in rural situational crime prevention: A review of the literature
Temidayo James Aransiola and Vania Ceccato 6.Social media, rural communities and crime prevention
Naomi Smith 7.Armed legitimacy in Mexico: Self-defence groups against criminal violence
Irene Álvarez-Rodríguez, Denisse Román-Burgos and Sasha Jesperson SECTION TWO: Rural people 8.Preventing rural alcohol and drug-related crime
Ralph Weisheit The challenges of policing alcohol and drug-related crime
William Lally 9.Preventing rural hate crime
James J. Nolan, Robert L. Nicewarner and Rayna E. Momen Communities of Shalom and preventing hate crime in rural West Virginia
Renée Verbanic 10.Preventing violence against women in the heartland
Walter S. DeKeseredy The challenges of policing violence against women
Troy Ball 11.No dress rehearsal, this is our life: Crime prevention in the hands of local residents
Tarah Hodgkinson, Gregory Saville, Herb Sutton and Ryan Mackrell Policing and preventing crime in rural Scotland
Alan Dron 12.Preventing fraud victimisation in rural areas
Cassandra Cross Policing rural fraud victimisation
Mike Kelly 13.Crime prevention in Indigenous communities: Lessons from Saskatchewan, Canada
Nicholas A. Jones Structural change to reduce crime in First Nations communities in Saskatchewan, Canada
Dan Bellegarde SECTION THREE:Rural property, environment and nature 14.Livestock theft prevention
Willie Clack The National Rural Safety Strategy in the Free State, South Africa
Jane Buys 15.Technological approaches to preventing property theft from farms
Alistair Harkness and Jo-ann Larkins Innovative rural policing approaches in England’s Midlands region
Mick Simpson 16.Preventing crime against cultural and archaeological sites
Suzie Thomas and Louise E. Nicholas The development of a heritage crime prevention program
Mark Harrison 17.Preventing wildlife crime: Contemporary issues in enforcement and policy perspectives
Angus Nurse Preventing crimes against rural fauna
Geoff Edmond 18.Preventing crime in resource-based boom communities
Rick Ruddell and Erin Donnelly Boomtown and bust town policing
Paul Ladouceur 19.Preventing rural arson
Janet Stanley Arson prevention and education
Christopher J. Donnermeyer SECTION FOUR:Future directions 20.Conclusion: The future of rural crime prevention
Alistair Harkness and Kyle Mulrooney