Since 2016, particularly, there has been a massive growth in the production of rural crime orientated books.

Indeed, there are two series devoted to rural crime and criminology: the Routledge Studies in Rural Criminology series, edited by Joe Donnermeyer, and the Bristol University Press Research in Rural Crime series, eidted by Alistair Harkness and Matt Bowden.

Published books (in chronologiocal order)

Crime and Policing in Rural and Small-Town America, 3rd Edition
– Ralph A. Weisheit, David N. Falcone and L. Edward Wells (2006)

Crime in Rural Australia
– edited by Elaine Barclay, Joseph F. Donnermeyer, John Scott and Russell Hogg  (The Federation Press, 2007)

Rural Policing and Policing the Rural: A Constable Countryside?
– edited by Richard Yarwood and Rob T. Mawby  (Routledge, 2010)

Rural Criminology
– Joseph F. Donnermeyer and Walter Dekeseredy (Routledge, 2013)

Rural crime and community safety
– Vania Ceccato (Routledge, 2016)

Policing Rural Canada
– Rick Ruddell (de De Sitter Publications, 2016)

The Routledge international handbook of rural criminology
– edited by Joseph F. Donnermeyer (Routledge, 2016)

Locating crime in context and place: Perspectives on regional, rural and remote Australia
– edited by Alistair Harkness, Bridget Harris and David Baker (The Federation Press, 2016)

The Rural Primative in American Popular Culture
– Karen E. Hayden (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020)

Rural Crime Prevention: Theory, Tactics and Techniques
– edited by Alistair Harkness (Routledge, 2020)

Women Abuse in Rural Places
– Walter S. DeKeseredy (Routledge, 2021)

Rural Transformations and Rural Crime
– edited by Matt Bowden and Alistair Harkness (Bristol University Press, 2022)

Research Methods for Rural Criminologists
– edited by Ralph A. Weisheit, Jessica Peterson and Artur Pytlarz  (Routledge, 2022)

Crime and Safety in the Rural: Lessons from Research (Open Access)
– Vania Ceccato and Jonatan Abraham  (Springer, 2022)

The Encylopedia of Rural Crime
– edited by Alistair Harkness, Jessica Rene Peterson, Matt Bowden, Cassie Pedersen and Jospeh F. Donnermyer (Bristol University Press, 2023)

Gender-based Violence and Rurality in the 21st Century
– edited by Matt Bowden and Alistair Harkness (Bristol University Press, 2023)

Rural Victims of Crime: Representations, Realities and Responses
– edited by Rachel Hale and Alistair Harkness (Routledge, 2023)

Publishing in 2024:

  • Matt Bowden and Gorazd Mesko (Eds), Rural Criminology in Global Perspective  (Bristol University Press)
  • Kyle Mulrooney and Alistair Harkness, Farm Crime (Bristol University Press)
  • Jenny Wise, Dark Tourism and Rural Crime (Bristol University Press)
  • Vania Ceccato and Alistair Harkness (Eds), Rural perspectives on crime and justice: A global analysis of victimization, safety and policing (Routledge)

Publishing in 2025/2026:

  • Jessica Peterson, Kyle Mulrooney, Karen Bullock, David Baker and Alistair Harkness, Rural Policing: Perspectives of International Police Leaders (Bristol University Press)
  • Suzie Thomas, Rural Heritage (Bristol University Press)
  • Qingli Meng, Chinese Rural Criminology (Bristol University Press)