Rural crime and community safety / Vania Ceccato.

Introduction -- Aim, scope and book structure -- Crime and safety in rural areas -- Definitions, theory, and research making -- Trends and patterns of crime -- Rural-urban crime trends in an international perspective -- The geography of property and violent crime in sweden -- Perceived safety in rural areas -- The nature of perceived safety in rural areas -- Perceived safety in swedish rural areas -- Crime in a rural context -- Farm crimes and environmental and wildlife offences -- Youth in rural areas -- Violence against women in rural communities -- Policing and crime prevention in rural Sweden -- Police, rural policing and community safety -- Prevention of farm crimes and crimes against nature -- Crime prevention in rural areas : youth-related challenges -- Challenges to preventing women abuse in rural communities -- The difference that rural makes -- Lessons from rural Sweden and looking ahead.

Crime is often perceived as an urban issue rather than a problem that occurs in rural areas, but how far is this view tenable? This book explores the relationship between crime and community in rural areas and addresses the notion of safety as part of the community dynamics in such areas. Rural Crime and Community Safety makes a significant contribution to crime science and integrates a range of theories to understand patterns of crime and perceived safety in rural contexts. Based on a wealth of original research, Ceccato combines spatial methods with qualitative analysis to examine, in detail, farm and wildlife crime, youth related crimes and gendered violence in rural settings. Making the most of the expanding field of Criminology and of the growing professional inquiry into crime and crime prevention in rural areas; rural development; and the social sustainability of rural areas, this book builds a bridge by connecting Criminology and Human Geography. This book will be suitable for academics, students and practitioners in the fields of criminology, community safety, rural studies, rural development and gender studies.