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 1: Key Themes
1. Introduction - Equalising Police Scholarship - Wendell C. Wallace
2. Rural Appeal: The Eye of the Beholder - John Coxhead
3. An Examination of ICT Applications in Policing: A Case Study of Urban-Rural Policing in Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan - Vandra Harris Agisilaou and Muhammad Abbas
4. Reflecting on the Village Bobby Scheme and Policing Village Crime - Robert Smith
5. Exploring Rural Police Officers' Interactions and Attitudes Toward Persons With Mental Illness in Trinidad and Tobago - Wendell C. Wallace, Danny N. Carr and Katija Khan.
6. Being Blue in a Small Town: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Rural Police Officers' Children - Richard C. Helfers and Paul D. Reynolds
Part 2: Country Case Studies
7. Reflections on Police in Rural Poland - Emilia Jurgielewicz-Delegacz
8. Rural-Urban Differences in Police Presence: An Examination of Access and Opinions in Ghana - Michael K. Dzordzormenyoh
9. The Gentle Art of Policing Rural Iceland - Guðmundur Oddsson, Andrew Paul Hill, & Thóroddur Bjarnason
10. Policing on the Margins: Perspectives From Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Officers on Policing Geographically Dispersed Locales in the Solomon Islands - Casandra Harry
11. On Becoming and Being a 'Village Bobby' - Robert Smith
12. The Imperative of Rural Policing in Nigeria - Abiodun Raufu
13. Policing the Rural Space: Exploring Experiences of Police Officers in Rural Trinidad and Tobago - Casandra Harry, Leah Cleghorn, and Chantelle Cummings
14. Crime, Culture and Policing Rural Nigeria: Exploring Lived Experiences of Police Officers - Richard Abayomi Aborisade
15. Policing Rural and Urban Crimes in South Africa - Sanele Shabane and Witness Maluleke
16. Understanding Policing and Rurality: Conclusion and Future Implications - Wendell C. Wallace
