{"title":"“Johnny Come Lately” – An Essay on Latter-Day Myths about Rural Crime and Justice Studies","authors":"Joseph F. Donnermeyer","doi":"10.18061/ijrc.v8i2.9786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ijrc.v8i2.9786","url":null,"abstract":" “Johnny Come Lately” is a colloquialism with roots backs to nineteenth century British maritime days. It is used here to illustrate the recent emergence of new myths about rural crime and justice studies. As rural crime and justice studies have emerged and grown over the previous 50-plus years, a number of scholars have discussed and debunked myths about crime and rurality, but unfortunately, new falsehoods have been purposively created of late. In this paper, each latter-day myth is described, debunked and then transformed into positive directives about the future of rural crime and justice studies, following the example set by Ceccato and Abraham (2022). These positives include: (1) there must be a sustained effort to make the location for rural crime studies and the scholars who do the research and theorizing ever more diverse; (2) rural crime studies, both old and new, must be made more easily accessible to this generation and future generations of scholars, practitioners and policy-makers alike; (3) rural crime studies must continue to improve theoretical sophistication through application, critique, and revision, and through theoretical interpretation of previously published empirical work; and (4) a thorough synthesis of the rural crime and justice studies literature is imperative to its future development.","PeriodicalId":93767,"journal":{"name":"International journal of rural criminology","volume":"121 50","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140380055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"People With Disabilities and Violent Victimization in the Heartland: Results from the First Phase of the West Virginia Community Quality of Life Survey","authors":"Brittany E. Hayes, Walter DeKeseredy, James Nolan","doi":"10.18061/ijrc.v8i2.9555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ijrc.v8i2.9555","url":null,"abstract":"Studies of violent victimization in rural and remote parts of the U.S. are in short supply and the bulk of those done so far focus mainly on man-to-woman violence in intimate relationships among people without disabilities. There is, indeed, a major need to broaden the focus of rural victimological research to include violence against people with disabilities, which is the main objective of this article. Relying on original exploratory data generated by the first phase of the West Virginia Community Quality of Life Survey (WVCQLS), population estimates of four types of violent victimization are presented: stalking, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and hate and bias assaults. The results show that a large number of rural West Virginia residents with disabilities experience these forms of victimization. Directions for further empirical and theoretical work are discussed.","PeriodicalId":93767,"journal":{"name":"International journal of rural criminology","volume":"124 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140378951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drilling Down for Answers: Unmasking the Impact of Oil and Natural Gas Activity on Crime Rates in Texas","authors":"Callie D. Shaw","doi":"10.18061/ijrc.v8i2.9631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ijrc.v8i2.9631","url":null,"abstract":"This article delves into the impact of oil and natural gas (ONG) production on the incidence of Part I violent crimes in Texas. Texas holds a prominent position in the energy industry, contributing to 43% of the nation's crude oil production and 26% of its natural gas production (EIA, 2021). However, alongside ONG operations come significant societal changes, including a rise in various social issues, including criminal activities. While prior research has explored the consequences of ONG-related transformations on crime rates through perceptual and economic studies, there is a scarcity of studies that investigate the intricate relationship between ONG activities and crime patterns, particularly in the Texan context. To bridge this research gap, this study employs residual change scores and multiple linear regression techniques to scrutinize county-level shifts in ONG activity and Part I violent crime incidents during the period spanning 2009 to 2019 across Texas ONG-producing counties. The findings derived from this investigation unveil a noteworthy association between six dynamic ONG measures and the alteration in specific known Part I violent crimes. This study makes a noteworthy contribution to the existing body of knowledge concerning rural crime and boomtown dynamics as it stands as the inaugural examination utilizing residual change score analysis to determine whether ONG activity indeed contributes to any variations in known Part I violent crime rates. By scrutinizing the intricate connection between energy production and crime, this research aids in fostering a better understanding of the social implications of ONG activities in resource-rich regions, particularly within Texas.","PeriodicalId":93767,"journal":{"name":"International journal of rural criminology","volume":"37 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140378193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Nineteenth Century Rural Crime in Western Queensland?","authors":"Graham McBride","doi":"10.18061/ijrc.v8i2.9787","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ijrc.v8i2.9787","url":null,"abstract":"In August 1895, Andrew Barton “Banjo” Paterson was visiting his fiancée at Dagworth Station near Winton in western Queensland, Australia, when he was moved to write a bush ballad that became more prominent than even he might have expected. The question arises as to what was or were the circumstances or events that stimulated the creative mind of Paterson to write such a spirited ballad. A rural crime was certainly committed down by the billabong in the ballad, but there were real events playing out throughout the western sheep grazing country of Queensland at that time and had been for some years. This research note argues that, in identifying crimes, we can observe a dichotomy of opposites with some boundaries being contained, while others are large and fluid. Each have a particular fragility as well as a strength. Contained boundaries have a placement that has strength, but vulnerability to encroachment by powerful forces: the need to protect is ever present. It is also argued that this ballad, which contextualises a rural crime, serves as an allegory symbolising a sense of injustice, of resistance against injustice and excessive use of power.","PeriodicalId":93767,"journal":{"name":"International journal of rural criminology","volume":"108 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140380419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perceptions of farmers about Turkish Gendarmerie: A phenomenological analysis in Bozkurt","authors":"Murat Madenüs","doi":"10.18061/ijrc.v8i2.8945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ijrc.v8i2.8945","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this phenomenology study is to reveal what the Turkish Gendarmerie means to Turkish farmers and how it is affected after the experience of agricultural crime victimisation. In this study, semi-structured interviews conducted with 21 farmers who were exposed to agricultural crime between 2017 and 2019 in Bozkurt were analysed with the Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis method. Results show that farmers interact with the gendarmerie from their childhood. As time passes, they experience the positive qualities of the gendarmerie and construct a positive perception of the gendarmerie in their minds. Many farmers experience the caring and successful practices of the gendarmerie after being exposed to crime and reinforce their positive perceptions. On the other hand, farmers who are not satisfied with this process do not experience a radical change in their positive perceptions. It is possible to conclude that this situation stems from the positive perception of the gendarmerie that farmers have constructed in their minds since their childhood and that the gendarmerie means much more than a simply a rural police force for them.","PeriodicalId":93767,"journal":{"name":"International journal of rural criminology","volume":"106 49","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140380453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jeffrey Jacquet, Christopher D O’Connor, Thomasine Heitkamp, Rick Ruddell
{"title":"‘Resources and energy development’: An International Society for the Study of Rural Crime Roundtable","authors":"Jeffrey Jacquet, Christopher D O’Connor, Thomasine Heitkamp, Rick Ruddell","doi":"10.18061/ijrc.v8i2.9796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ijrc.v8i2.9796","url":null,"abstract":"No abstract available. ","PeriodicalId":93767,"journal":{"name":"International journal of rural criminology","volume":"35 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140378398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policing Rural Crimes and Rural Communities in England","authors":"Karen Bullock, Jon Garland","doi":"10.18061/ijrc.v8i1.9561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ijrc.v8i1.9561","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines factors that influence the processes and practices of crime prevention and investigation in rural areas of England. Whilst evidence shows that rural crime is a significant problem, there has been hitherto a dearth of research into how the issue is policed. Drawing on the perspectives of police personnel, this article examines the features of the rural environment and the organisation and management of police services that influence the delivery of police work in rural areas of England. Specifically, the article considers factors that influence the reporting and subsequent recording of rural crimes; how police officers understand and perceive rural crimes; how police services prioritise crimes for preventative and investigative purposes; how responsibility for investigating rural crimes is diffused across law enforcement agencies and how this can cause confusion for officers; matters related to the generation of evidence; officer understanding of the legislation regarding rural crime; the willingness of officers to undertake the investigation of rural crimes and the reluctance of some to live in the countryside; and the organisation and management of police resources in rural areas. In so doing, it sets out the reasons why the policing of rural spaces is distinctive and considers implications for police work and its outcomes.","PeriodicalId":93767,"journal":{"name":"International journal of rural criminology","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135536161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding Factors Leading to Farmer Non-compliance with Agri-food Safety Regulations in Kenya: A Quantitative Analysis","authors":"Emmanuel K. Bunei, Elaine Barclay, Bernice Kotey","doi":"10.18061/ijrc.v8i1.9564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ijrc.v8i1.9564","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents the findings of a study that examined the factors that influence farmers’ compliance decisions concerning agri-food safety laws in Kenya. A total of 160 farmers in Uasin Gishu County in Kenya were surveyed using semi-structured interviews. Twelve variables were used to test the associations between farmer demographics, instrumental and normative factors as independent variables and agri-food safety regulatory compliance as dependent variable. Regression analysis revealed that deterrence factors, farmer training and extension services, and legitimacy factors are significantly related to farmers’ compliance with agri-food safety regulations. These findings suggest that regulators should not only focus on enforcing and tightening regulations but also improve the provision of training and information on agri-food safety regulations for farmers. Furthermore, additional efforts should be directed to making laws simpler, clearer, relevant and appropriate for farmers.","PeriodicalId":93767,"journal":{"name":"International journal of rural criminology","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135536163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acquisitive Crime Trends: Unpacking the Unemployment-Crime Relationship in a Rural Context","authors":"Sarah R. Bostrom, Ryan Randa, Wyatt Brown","doi":"10.18061/ijrc.v8i1.8943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ijrc.v8i1.8943","url":null,"abstract":"Tests of criminological theory are conducted almost exclusively about urban spaces. In urban areas, rates of property and acquisitive crime are often tied to economic structural health through institutional anomie and market society theories. Examinations of the connection between economic structures and acquisitive crime in rural spaces are lacking in the literature. This study uses United States’ NCVS data from 1993-2005 examine trends in acquisitive crime over time from a macro level economic theoretical perspective in rural United States counties. Implications for additional rural theory tests will be addressed.","PeriodicalId":93767,"journal":{"name":"International journal of rural criminology","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135536320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}