Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/54719
Title: Rural Victims of Crime: Representations, Realities and Responses
Contributor(s): Hale, Rachel (editor); Harkness, Alistair  (editor)orcid 
Publication Date: 2022-12-30
DOI: 10.4324/9781003132691
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/54719
Abstract: 

Rural Victims of Crime offers a pioneering sustained assessment of 'the rural victim'. It does so by examining and analysing the conceptual constructs of a victim and challenging the urban bias of victimisation and victimology in criminological study. Indeed, far too much criminological scholarship is based on the false assumption that rural areas are relatively crime free – and thus free, too, of victims.

Providing international perspectives, chapters in this edited collection focus centrally on notions of place and space, and constructions of rural victims in a variety of contexts, exploring the impact that geographic location has on the type and prevalence of victimisation. The concept of victimisation is often considered in terms of interpersonal relationships between humans, neglecting the potent impact of victimisation of non-humans and the natural and built environment. Rural Victims of Crime discusses existing notions of victimology in relation to non-human subjects, broadening conceptualisations of the victim and associated impacts resulting from victimisation. Structured in three parts, Rural Victims of Crime conceptualises the rural victim, enhances understanding of the realities of rural victimisation and considers both formal and informal responses to rural victimisation. Chapters are accompanied by practical, contemporary case studies to connect theory with praxis.

This book is an essential and valuable resource for academics, students and practitioners alike in the fields of criminology, criminal justice, rural studies, victimology, geography, sociology and spatiality.

Publication Type: Book
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: London, United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781003132691
9780367677619
9780367677633
9781000827781
9781000827705
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 440218 Victims
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 230403 Criminal justice
HERDC Category Description: A3 Book - Edited
WorldCat record: https://www.worldcat.org/title/1352965172
Extent of Pages: 286
Series Name: Routledge Studies in Rural Criminology
Appears in Collections:Book
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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