Rural crime and community safety /
Crime is often perceived as an urban issue rather than a problem that occurs in rural areas, but how far is this view tenable? This book explores the relationship between crime and community in rural areas and addresses the notion of safety as part of the community dynamics in such areas. Rural Crim...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Routledge studies in crime and society ;
18 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of boxes
- List of tables
- About the author
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- PART I Introduction
- 1 Aim, scope, and book structure
- 2 Crime and safety in rural areas
- 3 Definitions, theory, and research making in rural Sweden
- PART II Trends and patterns of crime
- 4 Rural-urban crime trends in international perspective
- 5 The geography of property and violent crimes in Sweden
- PART III Perceived safety in rural areas
- 6 The nature of perceived safety in rural areas
- 7 Perceived safety in Swedish rural areas
- PART IV Crime in a rural context
- 8 Farm crimes and environmental and wildlife offenses
- 9 Youth in rural areas
- 10 Violence against women in rural communities
- PART V Policing and crime prevention in rural Sweden
- 11 Police, rural policing, and community safety
- 12 Prevention of farm crimes and crimes against nature
- 13 Crime prevention in rural areas: youth-related challenges
- 14 Challenges to preventing women abuse in rural communities
- PART VI The difference that rural makes
- 15 Lessons from rural Sweden and looking ahead
- Index.