Crime And Policing in Rural And Small-town America

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

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ISBN: 9781577664130 | 1577664132
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Copyright: 9/15/2005

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Preface

vii

Introduction

(4)

Why Rural Matters

(14)

Rural Is Important in Itself

(1)

Immediate Implications for Urban Areas

(2)

Implications for Research

(1)

Implications for Theory

(2)

Implications for Policy

(2)

Why Has Rural Been Under Studied?

(3)

Summary

(2)

The Rural Setting of Crime and Justice

(32)

Geographic Isolation

(5)

Availability of Guns

(3)

Economic Factors

(6)

Chronic Poverty

(2)

Economic Extremes

(2)

Thin Economies

(1)

Race and Ethnicity

(4)

Ethnicity in Rural Areas

(1)

Race in Rural Areas

(1)

Race, Ethnicity, and Crime

(1)

Hicks, Rednecks, and ``White Trash''

(2)

Social Climate

(8)

Informal Social Control

(4)

Mistrust of Government

(3)

Reluctance to Share Internal Problems

(1)

Summary

(3)

Rural and Small-Town Crime

(64)

Fear of Crime

(2)

Rural versus Urban Crime

(3)

Trends in Rural Crime

(6)

Special Issues

(49)

Gangs

(12)

Alcohol and Drugs

(6)

Rural Schools

(3)

Vice and Organized Crime

(1)

Violence

(6)

Hate Crimes and Antigovernment Groups

(6)

Satanic Cults

(1)

Arson

(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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Crime And Policing in Rural And Small-town America

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