49% of the world’s population lives in small towns, villages and farms, yet until recent years criminological scholarship has focused almost exclusively on ur

Violence is a serious public health problem. The number of violent deaths tells only part of the story, and many more survive violence and are left with permane

Criminology has until recently neglected the nature and levels of crime outside the urban realm. This is not a surprise as crime tends to concentrate in urban a

This timely collection crosses international boundaries to highlight criminological issues with a rural focus. Using a variety of different perspectives, the co

Conducting rural criminological research exposes researchers to concerns such as absence or inadequate official data about crime and superficial rural-urban com