The latest issue of Rurality, Crime and Society is out now!
The latest issue of Rurality, Crime and Society is out! Download it now!
As well as the International Society for the Study of Rural Crime and the Centre for Rural Criminology, the newsletter is supported by the American Society of Criminology – Division of Rural Criminology and the European Society of Criminology Rural Working Group.
This latest issue has been edited by Dr Ziwei Qi and Dr Artur Pytlarz, who have done an excellent job.
In the newsletter, you’ll find the following features:
Message from the editors
– Dr Ziwei Qi and Dr Artur Pytlarz
A tribute to Prof Rick Ruddell
– Professor Emeritus Joseph F. Donnermeyer
Message from the Centre for Rural Criminology
– Dr Kyle Mulrooney, Dr Alistair Harkness and Dr Jenny Wise
Message from Professor Joseph Donnermeyer
– President of the ASC Division of Rural Criminology
Latest news from the ESC European Rural Criminology Working Group
– Dr Kreseda Smith and Dr Artur Pytlarz
Three research features
– Dr Robert Smith introduces a qualitative approach to studying rural criminal enterprise
– Paige Bromley discusses domestic violence services in rural UK
– Dr Emilia Jurgielewicz-Delegacz discusses her rural research in Poland
News and Announcements
– Upcoming conferences
– New and forthcoming books
– Call for special issue editors for the IJRC
Dr Thomas received a BA from St. Joseph’s University, and an MA and PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park. He teaches political science, criminal justice, and public administration in the department’s undergraduate and graduate programs. He is the coordinator of the MA in Political Science program, and is the internship coordinator for the MPA program. His research focuses on both urban politics, including work on New Orleans (Reforming New Orleans: The Contentious Politics of Change in the Big Easy with Peter Burns, Cornell Press), and on criminal justice topics, including work on police strength, concealed weapons on campus, and the impacts of AB 109 and Prop 47 on California’s criminal justice realignment agenda. Matt received the university’s Outstanding Service Award in 2016-17.
Dr Jacquet is an Associate Professor of Rural Sociology in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA. One of the first to study the community-level implications of hydraulic fracturing, Dr Jacquet has gone on to examine the social ramifications of a range of renewable- and non-renewable-energy systems at institutions including the University of Wyoming, Cornell University, and South Dakota State University. At Ohio State, Jacquet leads students through coursework, research, and mentorship to examine the areas of energy, environment, and rural societies. He is the lead editor of a new collected volume titled Energy Impacts: A Multidisciplinary Exploration of North American Energy Development published in 2021 by the University Press of Colorado.
Dr O’Connor is an Associate Professor of Criminology at Ontario Tech University. He received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Calgary where he studied school-to-work transitions and perceptions of crime in the energy boomtown of Fort McMurray, Alberta. His research examines energy resource boomtowns, people’s use and perceptions of emerging technology, policing, and young people’s participation in crime, perceptions of the environment, and school-to-work transitions. Dr O’Connor has recently completed a SSHRC Insight Development Grant examining the risks and opportunities of hydraulic fracturing and related renewable and non-renewable energy technologies. He is currently co-director on a SSHRC-funded Partnership Development grant examining facial recognition use by the police which involves working with a range of multi-disciplinary stakeholders to examine the viability of the technology for police use.
Professor Heitkamp served as a faculty member at the University of North Dakota for 39 years, achieving the highest rank of Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor. She is currently an Emeritus faculty and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in North Dakota. She also serves as a Behavioral Health Research Specialists for the University of North Dakota – Office of Research and Economic Development. Professor Heitkamp served as Co-PI for a National Institute of Justice-funded three-year study to examine the impact of oil development on inter-personal violence in the Bakken Oil fields of North Dakota and Montana. She has served as the PI on several large grant-funded projects including her service as PI and Co-Director of the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC). She has published in a host of peer-reviewed journals with a focus on workforce development serving tribal and rural communities.
Dr Ruddell serves as the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan Chair in Police Research at the University of Regina, Canada. Prior to this appointment he served as Director of Operational Research with the Correctional Service of Canada, and held faculty positions at Eastern Kentucky University and the California State University, Chico. Prior to his academic career, he served with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing as a supervisor and manager. Dr Ruddell’s research has focused upon policing, criminal justice policy, and juvenile justice, and he has published over 150 articles and technical reports. He has written extensively about the impact of natural resource booms on rural communities and published Oil, Gas, and Crime: The Dark Side of the Boomtown (Palgrave Macmillan) in 2017.
The event will be hosted and moderated
Inspector Farica Prince
Chief Rob Davis
Chief Jim Davis
Mark Prosser
Dr Danielle Watson
Dr Liz Curran
Emeritus Professor Joseph F. Donnermeyer
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