Crime in Rural AustraliaElaine Barclay Contemporary rural crime is becoming more varied and sophisticated. The new forms range from agricultural crimes to environmental crimes. They take place side by side with traditional rural crimes, such as cattle duffing, while "urban" crimes, such as drug and alcohol abuse, are also prevalent and on the rise. Crime in Rural Australia covers them all. It brings together leading academics who examine the major dimensions of crime and justice in rural and regional Australia including the extent of rural crime, farm crime, violence, juvenile crime, policing, Indigenous crime and justice, crime prevention, drugs, fear of crime, and sentencing and punishment. It includes vignettes on rural policing and the stock squad from the perspectives of the New South Wales police. An ideal text for rural crime and criminology courses, Crime in Rural Australia will also be of interest to criminal justice practitioners, policy-makers, and criminology scholars. |
Contents
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Locating rural crime The role of theory | 15 |
Crime in rural and regional areas | 27 |
Community and crime in rural Australia | 44 |
Farm victimisation The quintessential rural crime | 57 |
Alcohol and drug problems in rural and regional Australia | 72 |
Youth Programs | 86 |
Violence and the architecture of rural life | 88 |
Policing in rural Australia The country cop as law enforcer and local resident | 127 |
Rural Policing | 138 |
Crime justice and Indigenous people | 142 |
Crime prevention and rural communities | 154 |
Punishment and the courts in rural communities | 167 |
A View from the Bench | 182 |
References | 184 |
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Young people and crime in rural communities | 100 |
Fear law and order and politics Tales of two rural towns | 115 |
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