Contemporary rural crime is more varied and sophisticated than it once was. The new forms range from agricultural crimes, such as the theft of water designated for agricultural production, to environmental crimes, such as the illegal dumping of waste. They take place side by side with traditional rural crimes, such as cattle duffing, while "urban" crimes, such as drug and alcohol abuse and violent assaults, are also prevalent and on the rise.

Crime in Rural Australia covers them all. It brings together leading academics who examine the major dimensions of crime and justice in rural and regional Australia including the extent of rural crime, farm crime, violence, juvenile crime, policing, Indigenous crime and justice, crime prevention, drugs, fear of crime, and sentencing and punishment. It includes vignettes on rural policing and the stock squad from the perspectives of the New South Wales police.

An ideal text for rural crime and criminology courses, Crime in Rural Australia will also be of interest to criminal justice practitioners, policy-makers, and criminology scholars.

Table of Contents

Foreword - David E Gray
Introduction - John Scott, Russell Hogg, Elaine Barclay & Joseph F. Donnermeyer

PART ONE: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RURAL CRIME
CHAPTER 1: Locating Rural Crime: The Role of Theory - Joseph F. Donnermeyer
CHAPTER 2: Crime in Rural and Regional Areas - Kerry Carrington
CHAPTER 3: Community and Crime in Rural Australia - Elaine Barclay & Joseph F. Donnermeyer

PART TWO: ISSUES IN RURAL CRIMINOLOGY
CHAPTER 4: Farm Victimisation: The Quintessential Rural Crime - Elaine Barclay & Joseph F. Donnermeyer
CHAPTER 5: The Stock Squad - Bron Steele & Michael Burns
CHAPTER 6: Alcohol and Drug Problems in Rural and Regional Australia - Melissa Bull
CHAPTER 7: Youth Programs - Bernie Shakeshaft
CHAPTER 8: Violence and the Architecture of Rural Life - Kerry Carrington
CHAPTER 9: Young People and Crime in Rural Communities - Elaine Barclay, Russell Hogg & John Scott

PART THREE: POLICY AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
CHAPTER 10: Fear, Law and Order and Politics: Tales of Two Rural Towns - Murray Lee
CHAPTER 11: Policing in Rural Australia: The Country Cop as Law Enforcer and Local Resident - John Scott & Patrick C. Jobes
CHAPTER 12: Rural Policing - Steve Bradshaw
CHAPTER 13: Crime, Justice and Indigenous People - Chris Cunneen
CHAPTER 14: Crime Prevention and Rural Communities - Melissa Bull
CHAPTER 15: Punishment and the Courts in Rural Communities - Russell Hogg
CHAPTER 16: A View from the Bench - David Heilpern
References
Index