Crime and Safety in the Rural

Abstract

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“Johnny Come Lately” – An Essay on Latter-Day Myths about Rural Crime and Justice Studies

“…Following the role model provided by Ceccato and Abraham (2022), this first "Johnny Come Lately" myth can be converted into a positive statement about the reason why rural crime and justice studies matter. It is this: despite the growing mix of scholars and scholarship, there must be a sustained effort to engage, support and facilitate the inclusion and foregrounding of geographically, culturally and linguistically varied studies and scholars.…”

“…The only valid answer is: THE WORLD! Once again, following the role model provided by Ceccato and Abraham (2022), busting this lie is not enough. It must be converted into an important reason for why rural crime and justice studies matter.…”

“…Yet, Ceccato was not finished. Along with a colleague, Ceccato and Abraham (2022) recently published the ground-breaking Crime and Safety in the Rural: Lessons from Research. Here, they improve upon the previous discussions of myths (Donnermeyer & DeKeseredy, 2014;Donnermeyer, 2016) by converting myth statements into positive interpretations about reasons why crime and safety in rural areas is important, and hence why a rural criminology is needed today more than ever.…”

“…As they also note, crime is "influenced by the very nature of rural areas", and rural areas themselves are under "constant transformation" (Ceccato & Abraham, 2022, p. 10). There are another seventeen reasons cited by Ceccato and Abraham (2022) for why rural crime studies matter, a list well worth reading, and then reading over again, by all rural scholars to help guide their theorizing and research. 2…”

El uso de herramientas SIG para la respuesta a la violencia de género en las áreas rurales desde la criminología

“…Un hecho que refuerza la idea de un cierto oscurantismo sobre esta cuestión, algo ya habitual dentro de las políticas públicas de seguridad ciudadana en el medio rural, como venimos insistiendo a lo largo de este trabajo. Sobre todo, se genera un desinterés por parte de todos los actores implicados en la protección y vigilancia de estas zonas, incluida la ciudadanía, considerándolas finalmente como zonas idílicas y libres de delitos (Ceccato y Abraham 2022).…”