ISSRC Blog
This blog provides an opportunity for pithy observations or reflections on topical rural crime news and developments, a summary of research, promotion of publications, advertisements for upcoming events… and more! If you would like to contribute, email a submission of no more than 500 words to admin@issrc.net
Introducing the new series of ISSRC Roundtables
Rural crime and criminal justice practices and responses face different challenges from those experienced in urban contexts. Our new series of ISSRC Roundtables investigate challenges in international contexts and provide opportunities for participants to promote their research and practice and build collaborations for future initiatives. Follow on Twitter @RuCrimSociety with #ISSRC2020.
Our first roundtable will be held on 26 June, and will focus on rural access to justice. Mark the date in your diaries and come along! To attend: Register via Eventbrite.
RURAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ROUNDTABLE – 26 JUNE 2020
Rural crime and criminal justice practices and responses face different challenges from those experienced in urban contexts. This Roundtable investigates challenges in international contexts and provides an opportunity for participants to promote their research and practice and build collaborations for future initiatives to promote access to justice. To attend: Register via Eventbrite.
We ask:
- What are emerging issues in rural access to justice?
- What are potential responses or solutions to these problems?
- How can future research and practice enhance access to justice?
The panel:
Dr Danielle Watson
Senior Lecturer in Justice
Queensland University of Technology
Dr Liz Curran
Honorary Associate Professor
Australian National University and Principal Curran Consulting: Enhancing Justice & Human Rights
Emeritus Professor Joseph F. Donnermeyer
Acclaimed international rural criminologist
Ohio State University
Our expert scholars and practitioners will discuss emerging issues in access to justice. The audience will be invited to share and engage with our panel and other participants. We hope to develop agendas and build networks to advance access to justice in rural zones, internationally.
Time:
Friday 26 June 2020
8.20pm login for 8.30 pm start (Australian Eastern Standard Time) for one hour
Check your local time here.
Location:
Virtual – held via Zoom
Register via Eventbrite and access details will be provided
Cost:
Free of charge.
However, if you are able to make a donation this will be used to fund ISSRC awards for higher degree research students and early career researchers https://issrc.net/membership/donate-to-issrc/
New South Wales Farm Crime Survey 2020
Are you a farmer in New South Wales, Australia? Have your say to help fight rural crime!
Crimes that impact on pastoral, agricultural and aquacultural operations cost Australia millions of dollars each year and can have devastating financial, mental and physical impacts on our rural landowners and communities.
Farm crime offences most commonly reported include the theft of livestock, produce, tools, machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel and other farm inputs, and incidences of vandalism, arson, trespassing, illegal hunting, and sabotage.
However, we still need more evidence and research to better understand the extent of the problem of rural crime, its impacts on landowners and primary producers, and the most effective and achievable solutions.
To help fill this information gap, The UNE Centre for Rural Criminology is conducting the NSW Farm Crime Survey 2020.
If you are involved in farming in New South Wales, your insights will help us better understand the scope of the problem and plan effective measures that can be taken by the government, law enforcement agencies and farmers to reduce the incidence of farm crime across NSW.
The survey can be taken anonymously and will ask for your experiences and perceptions of farm crime, your attitudes towards the policing of and criminal justice responses to farm crime, and your awareness and implementation of crime prevention measures.
Click here to complete the NSW Farm Crime Survey 2020.
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Dr Kyle Mulrooney, Co-Director of the UNE Centre for Rural Criminology by email or call (02) 6773 1940.
Centre for Rural Criminology / ISSRC Newsletter
The first issue of the newsletter of the Centre for Rural Criminology (based at the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia) and the International Society for the Study of Rural Crime (ISSRC) has been published… and it’s a must-read bumper issue!
You can access the newsletter here.
Amongst the many gems you will find in it is a feature essay from ISSRC President Joe Donnermeyer in which he nominates 12 ways to sustain the international development of the study of rural crime. It has researcher profiles, research features, news and anncouncements – and much more.
Special thanks in particular goes to Jenny Wise who edited the newsletter.
