UID:
edoccha_9959754303802883
Umfang:
1 online resource (425 p.)
Ausgabe:
First edition.
ISBN:
0-203-72568-9
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1-135-00555-9
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1-135-00554-0
Serie:
Routledge studies in crime and society ; 18
Inhalt:
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,
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of boxes; List of tables; About the author; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I Introduction; 1 Aim, scope, and book structure; 2 Crime and safety in rural areas; 3 Definitions, theory, and research making in rural Sweden; PART II Trends and patterns of crime; 4 Rural-urban crime trends in international perspective; 5 The geography of property and violent crimes in Sweden; PART III Perceived safety in rural areas; 6 The nature of perceived safety in rural areas; 7 Perceived safety in Swedish rural areas
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PART IV Crime in a rural context8 Farm crimes and environmental and wildlife offenses; 9 Youth in rural areas; 10 Violence against women in rural communities; PART V Policing and crime prevention in rural Sweden; 11 Police, rural policing, and community safety; 12 Prevention of farm crimes and crimes against nature; 13 Crime prevention in rural areas: youth-related challenges; 14 Challenges to preventing women abuse in rural communities; PART VI The difference that rural makes; 15 Lessons from rural Sweden and looking ahead; Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-138-06591-9
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-85643-4
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9780203725689
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