Contemporary rural crime is becoming more varied and sophisticated. The new forms range from agricultural crimes to environmental crimes. They take place side by side with traditional rural crimes, such as cattle duffing, while "urban" crimes, such as drug and alcohol abuse, are also prevalent and on the rise. Crime in Rural Australia covers them all. It brings together leading academics who examine the major dimensions of crime and justice in rural and regional Australia including the extent of rural crime, farm crime, violence, juvenile crime, policing, Indigenous crime and justice, crime prevention, drugs, fear of crime, and sentencing and punishment. It includes vignettes on rural policing and the stock squad from the perspectives of the New South Wales police. An ideal text for rural crime and criminology courses, Crime in Rural Australia will also be of interest to criminal justice practitioners, policy-makers, and criminology scholars.
