Experts discuss rural crime and society on new vodcast / podcast series

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Rice Field during Golden Hour‘Rural criminology’ is a field of research that acknowledges rurality and community size has an impact on the incidence of crime, types of crime, response to crime and access to related services. The University of New England is a pioneer in this field of research, and remains well-placed to lead research in this field due to its location in regional Australia and acknowledged expertise in rural crime and society.

The Centre for Rural Criminology builds on UNE’s pioneering role in the development of the field of rural criminology. Together, the centre’s researchers and partners study the most compelling social problems that impact upon rural communities; from livestock theft and illicit drugs, to environmental crimes and interpersonal violence, and others.

The Centre’s Issues in Rural Crime and Society podcast/vodcast series brings to the fore an array of experts discussing a whole host of issues germane to rural criminology.

Links

YouTube: You can find the Centre’s YouTube videos here.

And if you are driving, walking, on a tractor or a train, you can listen to podcasts on Spotify and Apple.

Recent recordings

Research in rural spaces – In this Vodcast, Kyle Mulrooney and Jessica Peterson cover a variety of topics and issues related to rural research methods, from access and engagement to the challenges and rewards.

The Criminological Dimensions of Food and Agriculture – In this video, Dr Richard Byrne discusses his role as the UNE Centre for Rural Criminology’s thematic research leader on the Criminological Dimensions of Food and Agriculture.

Farm crime – In the inaugural edition of Issues in Rural Crime and Society, Kyle Mulrooney chats with Alistair Harkness about all things farm crime.

You can also find on the YouTube channel the guest speakers from the launch of the Centre in September 2019. And more videos will be added regularly.

Get involved!

Have a topic you would like to discuss and record? Get in touch with the Centre at rucrim@une.edu.au

 

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Rural Law and Policy Series

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The University of Nebraska College of Law is hosting a “Rural Law and Policy” series of presentations from January to April 2021.

Click here for the flier.

Click here to register.

 

Centre for Rural Criminology at the University of New England, Australia

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The Centre for Rural Criminology is based at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.

The Centre is looking to expand its membership, and is also seeking expressions of interest for leaders of its five key thematic research areas:

  •  Policing, Justice and Rurality
  • Criminological Dimensions of Food and Agriculture
  • Drug Use, Production and Trafficking in the Rural Context
  • Violence and Rurality
  • Environment, Climate and Crime.

If you are interested in joining the Centre as a member or as a theme leader, provide your details and a brief description of your research focus to the Secretary, Jenny Wise at rucrim@une.edu.au.

Further details on membership can be found here: RuCrim call for members

11 fresh rural crime research articles

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Volume 31, Edition 4 of Acta Criminologica, the Southern African Journal of Criminology, contains a wealth of new research on rural crime.

This special edition, edited by ISSRC executive member Willie Clack, contains 11 articles which will be of much interest and usefulness to scholars and others interested in rural crime. This collection of research contributes greatly to arresting the “trend of neglect” in criminological research which Willie Clack argues focuses on urban crime with rural crimes too often not recognised as a distinct phenomenon “despite equal importance”.

Articles in the special edition

Rural crimes: non-reporting of livestock theft by farmers

The impact of crime on farms: an international synthesis

The context of farm crime in Australia

Stocktheft in Kenya: patterns, drivers and challenges

Grazing with bullets in Africa: Fulani herdsmen-community killings and state response in Nigeria

A criminological assessment of ritualistic mutilation as a component of predatory theft of livestock in rural South Africa

Making rural areas safer: potential benefits of the rural safety plan

An examination of co-operative strategies towards policing stocktheft in the Kwazulu-Natal province

The integration of conventional and technological methods in combating stock theft by selected stakeholders in the Kwazulu-Natal province

The impact of conservation crime on the South African rural economy: a case study of rhino poaching

A discussion of rhino horn domestic trade legalisation in South Africa