Rural Policing in Global Contexts

"Most of what we know of policing is urban-centric and from the global North. This landmark collection resets the landscape of justice and offers insights from outside western metropoles, which facilitates a re-imagination of the role and remit of policing. Whether from the perspective of police (and their families) or those subject to policing, the contributors in collection offer a new horizon in policing scholarship left largely unexplored to date. " Nicole L. Asquith, University of Tasmania

"One strength of rural crime and justice studies is their international character, something so much of criminology in the United States and other western countries is missing. Dr Wallace’s edited book continues this tradition by focusing on diversity of economic, social and cultural contexts of rural policing, as well as the common challenges faced by police officers who work in the rural regions of countries around the world." Joseph F. Donnermeyer, Ohio State University

"The international literature on policing is dominated by work in urban settings, as the majority of crime tends to take place in these urban centres. It is essential, nonetheless, that global scholarship interrogates the peculiarities of rural crime and State efforts to address it. This timely collection addresses this area of relative empirical neglect, providing compelling analyses across a range of thematic concentrations. A must read-for academics, students and practitioners." Corin A. Bailey, The University of the West Indies

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