Rurality and Crime

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ID23630720
AuthorsRick Ruddell (0000-0001-8936-4625, corresponding author)
Year2014
Pages1-5
Publication date2014-03-26
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueEncyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118517390.wbetc043
OpenAlexW1494771964
ISBN9781118517390
LanguageEN
References cited14

While Americans tend to think of life in the countryside as peaceful or idyllic, there are rural towns and counties that have very high rates of crime. Prior research has shown that levels of violent and property crimes, and the responses to those acts, are shaped by a number of geographic, economic, demographic, and cultural factors, and that some offenses, such as wildlife, agricultural, and environmental crimes, rarely occur in the city. Despite the recognition that crime in the countryside is unlike what occurs in the cities, there has been comparatively little theoretical development that explains these differences. Instead, most theoretical explanations of rural crime are based on observations of urban conditions, and as a result the development of theories explaining rural crime is underdeveloped.

Agriculture · Archaeology · Criminology · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental crime · Geography · Political science · Property (philosophy) · Rural area · Rurality · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Violent crime · Wildlife · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Ecology · Law · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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