Rural Policing in Global Contexts

Exploring the Unheard Voices of Rural Police Officers

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2026
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-3992-8 (ISBN)

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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.

Wendell C. Wallace is a barrister and senior lecturer in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Unit at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.9.2026
Reihe/Serie	Research in Rural Crime
Co-Autor	Richard Abayomi Aborisade, Muhammad Abbas, Vandra Agisilaou, Thóroddur Bjarnason, Richard C. Helfers
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-5292-3992-3 / 1529239923
ISBN-13	978-1-5292-3992-8 / 9781529239928
Zustand	Neuware