Full Description
Addressing a lack of research on rural policing — particularly in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean — this groundbreaking edited collection draws on northern, southern and post-colonial perspectives in global contexts. Key scholars explore the lived experiences of rural crime and policing, police responses to domestic violence and people with mental illness, skilfully setting out the ways in which rural policing differs from its urban counterpart.
This is a timely, forward-looking book for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in understanding successful rural policing dynamics in the present and future.
Contents
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction: Equalising police scholarship - Wendell C. Wallace
Chapter 2. Rural Appeal: The Eye of the Beholder - John Coxhead
Part II: Country Case Studies
Chapter 3. Reflecting on the Village Bobby Scheme and Policing Village Crime - Robert Smith
Chapter 4. Reflections on Police in Rural Poland - Emilia Jurgielewicz-Delegacz
Chapter 5. The Gentle Art of Policing Rural Iceland - Guðmundur Oddsson, Andrew Paul Hill and Thóroddur Bjarnason
Chapter 6. Policing on the Margins: Perspectives from Royal Solomon Islands Police Force officers on Policing Geographically Dispersed Locales - Casandra Harry
Part III: African and Caribbean Studies
Chapter 7: Rural-Urban Differences in Police Presence: An Examination of Access and Opinions in Ghana - Michael K. Dzordzormenyoh
Chapter 8: The Imperative of Rural Policing in Nigeria - Abiodun Raufu
Chapter 9: Experiences of Police Officers in Rural Trinidad and Tobago - Casandra Harry, Leah Cleghorn and Chantelle Cummings
Chapter 10: Policing Rural and Urban Crimes in South Africa - Sanele Shabane and Witness Maluleke
Part IV: Rural Policing Topics and Lived Experiences
Chapter 11: Digital Tools in Urban-Rural Policing in Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan - Vandra Harris Agisilaou and Muhammad Abbas
Chapter 12: On Becoming and Being a 'Village Bobby' - Robert Smith
Chapter 13: Police Interactions and Attitudes toward Persons with Mental Illness in rural Trinidad and Tobago - Wendell C. Wallace, Danny N. Carr and Katija Khan
Chapter 14: The Lived Experiences of Rural Police Officers' Children - Richard C. Helfers and Paul D. Reynolds
Chapter 15: Crime, Culture and Policing Rural Nigeria: Exploring Lived Experiences of Police Officers - Richard Abayomi Aborisade
Part V: Conclusion
Chapter 16: Commonalities and Differences in Rural Policing Internationally and Regionally - Wendell C. Wallace
