Rural Criminology in Global Perspective

State of the Art on the World's Continents
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5292-3403-9
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

This timely collection crosses international boundaries to highlight criminological issues with a rural focus. Using a variety of different perspectives, the contributors offer lessons from research on rural crime, justice and security from the seven continents with a macroscopic perspective on issues of international concern.

The book identifies the global context in which rural crime takes place, presenting insights on crime prevention, safety and security to students, researchers, policymakers and practitioners.

Chapters 2 and 8 available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bowden, Matt

Mesko, Gorazd

Meško, Gorazd

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bunei, Emmanuel

Harkness, Alistair

White, Rob

Wallace, Wendell C.

Clack, Willie

Perez, Monica

Ceccato, Vania

Kaiser, Rebecca

DeKeseredy, Walter

Mulrooney, Kyle J.D.

Islam, Zahidul

Watson, Danielle

Donnermeyer, Joseph F.

Eman, Katja

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Rural Criminology: State of the Art on the World’s Continents: Introduction – Matt Bowden and Gorazd Meško

2. Rural Criminology Studies in Africa: Geographical Status – Willie Clack and Emmanuel Bunei

3. Freeze Outs and Meltdowns in Antarctica: Harms, Transgressions and Conflicts in the Southern Continent – Rebecca Kaiser and Rob White

4. Rural Criminology in Asia – Zahidul Islam and Qingli Meng

5. Rural Criminology in Europe – Gorazd Meško, Matt Bowden and Katja Eman

6. The Status of Rural Crime Studies in North America – Joseph F. Donnermeyer, Walter DeKeseredy and Wendell C. Wallace

7. ‘Oceanic Criminology’ and Rural Access to Justice Across the Pacific – Alistair Harkness, Danielle Watson and Kyle Mulrooney

8. Rural Criminology in South America: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Prospects on Crime and Justice – Monica Perez Trujillo and Vania Ceccato

9. Rural Criminology in Global Perspective: Emerging Themes – Matt Bowden and Gorazd Meško

Über Autor(innen)

White, Rob
Rob White, Professor of Criminology at University of Tasmania, Australia, is pioneering the field of green criminology internationally, having published a number of books on the topic. His research examines three interconnected justice-related approaches to environmental harm: Environmental justice, Ecological justice, and Species justice.

Matt Bowden is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Technological University Dublin and adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of New England.

Gorazd Meško is Professor of Criminology and Head of the Criminology Chair at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security at the University of Maribor.