Crime And Policing in Rural And Small-town America

, by Weisheit, Ralph A.; Falcone, David N.; Wells, Edward L.; Wells, L. Edward

Crime And Policing in Rural And Small-town America by Weisheit, Ralph A.; Falcone, David N.; Wells, Edward L.; Wells, L. Edward, 9781577664130

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Copyright: 9/15/2005

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Table of Contents

Preface

vii

Introduction

1

(4)

Why Rural Matters

5

(14)

Rural Is Important in Itself

6

(1)

Immediate Implications for Urban Areas

7

(2)

Implications for Research

9

(1)

Implications for Theory

10

(2)

Implications for Policy

12

(2)

Why Has Rural Been Under Studied?

14

(3)

Summary

17

(2)

The Rural Setting of Crime and Justice

19

(32)

Geographic Isolation

22

(5)

Availability of Guns

27

(3)

Economic Factors

30

(6)

Chronic Poverty

31

(2)

Economic Extremes

33

(2)

Thin Economies

35

(1)

Race and Ethnicity

36

(4)

Ethnicity in Rural Areas

36

(1)

Race in Rural Areas

36

(1)

Race, Ethnicity, and Crime

37

(1)

Hicks, Rednecks, and ``White Trash''

38

(2)

Social Climate

40

(8)

Informal Social Control

40

(4)

Mistrust of Government

44

(3)

Reluctance to Share Internal Problems

47

(1)

Summary

48

(3)

Rural and Small-Town Crime

51

(64)

Fear of Crime

52

(2)

Rural versus Urban Crime

54

(3)

Trends in Rural Crime

57

(6)

Special Issues

63

(49)

Gangs

63

(12)

Alcohol and Drugs

75

(6)

Rural Schools

81

(3)

Vice and Organized Crime

84

(1)

Violence

85

(6)

Hate Crimes and Antigovernment Groups

91

(6)

Satanic Cults

97

(1)

Arson

98

(3)

Agricultural Crimes

101

(4)

Wildlife Crimes

105

(3)

Borders

108

(1)

Environment and Ecology

108

(3)

Emerging Issues

111

(1)

Summary

112

(3)

Rural and Small-Town Police

115

(40)

Who Are Rural Police?

117

(1)

Sheriffs versus Municipal Police

118

(4)

Federal, State, and Local Cooperation

122

(1)

Agency Size

123

(4)

The Effectiveness of Rural Agencies

127

(2)

Styles of Policing in Rural Areas

129

(5)

Community Policing

134

(3)

Violence and Rural Police

137

(3)

The Use of Deadly Force

139

(1)

Excessive Force and Police Corruption

140

(4)

Special Problems

144

(2)

Survey of Rural Police Needs

146

(7)

Crime Problems

148

(1)

The Context of Rural Crime and Policing

149

(1)

Training Needs

149

(3)

Chiefs versus Sheriffs

152

(1)

Summary

153

(2)

Other Parts of the System

155

(22)

The Practice of Law

157

(2)

Prosecutors

159

(2)

Rural Courts

161

(4)

Probation

165

(2)

Rural Jails

167

(2)

Prisons

169

(3)

Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Treatment

172

(2)

Summary

174

(3)

Where Do We Go from Here?

177

(16)

Broad Issues

179

(2)

Special Topics

181

(10)

Summary

191

(2)

Appendix

193

(18)

Bibliography

211

(24)

Index

235

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