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#MeToo in regional, rural and remote Australia: An analysis of regional newspapers reports profiling the movement
Loney-Howes, Rachel; Fileborn, Bianca ( 2020-09 )The #MeToo movement sparked a global conversation and moment of reckoning in relation to sexual violence. The hashtag campaign, developed from a tweet sent by actress Alyssa Milano (though the phrase was originally coined ... -
Fitting In: A Book Review Essay on Rural Prisons and Prisoner Re-entry through the Lens of a Rural Critical Criminology
Gido, Rosemary; Donnermeyer, Joseph F. ( 2020-09 ) -
Intimate partner femicide in context: An examination of firearm type across the rural/urban divide
Mancik, Ashley M.; Stansfield, Richard; Kinard, Sylessia M. ( 2020-09 )Previous research on intimate partner homicide (IPH) has established that intimate partner homicides are overwhelmingly committed with a firearm. Emerging research suggests the risk of partner violence turning lethal in ... -
Violence against women of Belize in rural communities
Warren-Gordon, Kiesha ( 2020-09 )Belize is a diverse Central American country with a population of approximately 324,528, of which over 54% live in rural communities. The Belizean population is made up of Mestizo, Afro-Creole, Maya, Garifuna, and Mennonite ... -
A perfect storm: Violence toward women in the Bakken oil patch
Ruddell, Rick; Britto, Sarah ( 2020-09 )Communities in the Bakken region of Montana and North Dakota that experienced a resource-based boom starting in the mid-2000s had significant increases in the volume and seriousness of violence toward women. We identify ... -
The impact of rurality on women's 'space for action' in domestic violence: Findings from a meta-synthesis
Farhall, Kate; Harris, Bridget; Woodlock, Delanie ( 2020-09 )Men's violence against women is a global human rights issue, with domestic violence one of the most common forms (World Health Organization, 2017). The consequences of domestic violence include detrimental effects on ... -
Guest Editor's Introduction to Volume 5, Issue 2
DeKeseredy, Walter S. ( 2020-09 ) -
Thinking theoretically about male violence against women in rural places: A review of the extant sociological literature and suggestions for future theorizing
DeKeseredy, Walter S.; Rennison, Callie M. ( 2020-09 )Sociological research on male-to-female violence against women in rural places has mushroomed over the past 20 years. Nonetheless, theoretical developments are not keeping pace with the burgeoning contemporary empirical ... -
More than just a 'city problem': Drugs and alcohol (mis)use in rural and regional Australia
Groves, Andrew ( 2019-11 )Debate about alcohol and other drugs (AODs), particularly those that are illicit and/or subject to abuse, is pervasive in the community, media and at policy-level alike. While AOD use is commonly linked to the hedonistic ... -
Punitive attitudes across geographical areas: Exploring the rural/urban divide in Canada
Mulrooney, Kyle; Wise, Jenny ( 2019-11 )The public is a powerful political actor when it comes to the question of what is to be done about law and order. Therefore, public attitudes towards punishment are of central importance to criminological inquiry. Research ... -
Disabled in rural Victoria: Exploring the intersection of victimisation, disability and rurality on access to justice
Camilleri, Margaret ( 2019-11 )The last decade, in Australia and internationally, has seen an increased focus on and subsequent greater awareness of the inequitable justice system response to accused, offenders and victims with cognitive impairment. In ... -
Water theft in rural contexts
White, Rob ( 2019-11 )Water theft is a phenomenon that is set to grow in the light of climate change, chronic drought, freshwater scarcity, and conflicts over natural resources. Drawing upon recent developments pertaining to poor regulation and ... -
Farmer satisfaction with policing in rural Victoria, Australia
Harkness, Alistair; Larkins, Jo-ann ( 2019-11 )Recognising that the impacts of acquisitive crime on farms are both economic and social, the Victorian Farm Crime Research Project is an ongoing endeavour to examine farm crime in Victoria. Specifically, the Project is ... -
The international emergence of rural criminology: Implications for the development and revision of criminological theory for rural contexts
Donnermeyer, Joseph F. ( 2019-11 )The objectives of this article are two-fold. First, it briefly reviews the historical development of rural criminology and rural crime studies. It argues that continued development of rural criminology requires two fundamental ... -
Guest editor's introduction to Volume 5, Issue 1
Harkness, Alistair ( 2019-11 ) -
The role of police in monitoring rural conflict, with a focus on public order
Baker, David ( 2019-11 )The policing of public dissent in rural and regional areas is influenced by many factors, including global and state events but also by the dynamics of the localised context of police and activist interaction. This article ... -
Utilizing the National Incident-Based Reporting System to Further Our Understanding of Agricultural Theft
Osborne, Dustin L.; Swartz, Kristin; Stover, Andrew ( 2019-06 )Research related to rural offending and victimization, while increasing in recent years, is hindered by the difficulties associated with gathering quality data. This is particularly true for investigations of agricultural ... -
The Impact of Faba Bean Theft in Rural Ethiopia: To Dispute or to Reside Together in Harmony?
Zekiwos-Gichamo, Tesfanesh; Karltun, Erik; Tolera, Motuma; Chiwona-Karltun, Linley ( 2019-06 )Previous studies have shown that faba bean cultivation in Ethiopia has been abandoned, in part, because of widespread theft. In order to solve this problem, many rural and farming communities agreed to formulate by-laws ... -
"You shouldn't worry walking a block and a half to your car": Perceptions of Crime and Community Norms in the Bakken Oil Play
Ulrich-Schad, Jessica D.; Fedder, Michael; Yingling, Julie ( 2019-06 )The Bakken oil play experienced substantial population growth from oil and gas development over the last decade, resulting in disruption to social norms at the community level. We surveyed residents in a county in Montana ... -
Victimization and Fear of Crime in Rural Tanzania
Neubacher, Frank; Faße, Anja; Bögelein, Nicole; Grote, Ulrike ( 2019-06 )The article presents findings from a crime victims survey which was conducted as a household survey in six Tanzanian villages in the summer of 2016. The results reveal that the villagers have been victimized at a high rate, ...