Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/54722
Title: Measuring and Researching Rural Victimisation
Contributor(s): Hale, Rachel (author); Harkness, Alistair  (author)orcid ; Mulrooney, Kyle J D  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2022-12-30
DOI: 10.4324/9781003132691-3
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/54722
Abstract: 

Conventional criminology has long suggested that crime is, in essence, an urban phenomenon and that denser settlements are more crime prone. If this misnomer is taken at face value, ipso facto there are less rural victims. The reliability of this assumption is questionable when considering the challenges inherent in measuring and researching rural victimisation. This chapter provides an assessment of the issues surrounding the accurate measurement of rural victimisation, including problems with non-reporting, under-reporting and under policing evident in some rural communities and the use of police discretion in the context of high acquaintance density. It also contemplates the key considerations and challenges of researching rural victimisation. Suggested approaches to improve research with rural victims are made to optimise their involvement and to maximise the outcomes and impacts.

Publication Type: Book Chapter
Source of Publication: Rural Victims of Crime: Representations, Realities and Responses, p. 15-26
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: London, United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781003132691
9780367677619
9780367677633
9781000827781
9781000827705
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 440218 Victims
440299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 230403 Criminal justice
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
WorldCat record: https://www.worldcat.org/title/1352965172
Series Name: Routledge Studies in Rural Criminology
Editor: Editor(s): Rachel Hale and Alistair Harkness
Appears in Collections:Book Chapter
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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