Property Crime and Crime Prevention on Farms in Australia

Title
Property Crime and Crime Prevention on Farms in Australia
Publication Date
2002
Author(s)
Barclay, Elaine
Donnermeyer, Joseph F
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1057/palgrave.cpcs.8140169
UNE publication id
une:12821
Abstract
Routine activities theory was employed to guide a study of property-related victimisation on Australian farms, involving crimes such as the theft of stock, chemicals, fuel, machinery and equipment, and vandalism. The relationship between victimisation and physical deterrence factors was examined, and the extent and pattern of security practices undertaken by farmers and their possible association with property crime was assessed. Data for this research comes from a survey mailed in November 2000 to 1100 randomly selected farmers across the state of New South Wales. The analyses revealed farm crime to be highly situational. Certain ecological factors, such as the type of terrain, proximity to urban centres and highways, and whether or not farm buildings were visible from the farm residence, created varying levels of vulnerability to crime. Different traits were associated with different kinds of crime. No association between security practices on farms and lower rates of victimisation was found.
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Citation
Crime Prevention & Community Safety, 4(4), p. 47-61
ISSN
1743-4629
1460-3780
Start page
47
End page
61

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