Newsletters

The Rurality, Crime and Society newsletter is published twice annually. Read current and past issues here.

Rural Criminology organisations

Since 2019, there has been a groundswell of activity in the field of rural criminology. This page provide information and links to a number of professional associations with a central focus on researching rural crime and criminology.

A rural criminology journal

The International Journal of Rural Criminology (IJRC) is a peer-reviewed multi- and cross-disciplinary journal dedicated to publishing both theoretical and empirical work on rural crime and criminal justice issue throughout the world. See more here!

Key rural crime books

Check out this page for details and links to key books on rural crime and rural criminology.

Online resources

Here you will find a spreadsheet – a work on progress – with links to various relevant blogs, organisations and so on.

Police use of social media project

Download the codebook and content analysis for the Police use of social media project.