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Harkness, Alistair
- PublicationFeature Essay: Why we should care about rural crime!(International Society for the Study of Rural Crime, 2022-04)
; Contemporary criminology grew out of mass transformations in society during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries – a period which witnessed the formation and consolidation of cities as we know them today and the restructuring of "the urban" following the emergence of the information age. Hence, extensive debate, research and theoretical development of criminology was formed primarily within the urban domain: consider, for example, the influence of the Chicago School and the School's pivotal role in the rise of urban ecology-based approaches to explaining crime and the development of crime prevention programs
- PublicationAsiaAsia is both the largest continent geographically and the most populated with over 4.5 billion people (60 per cent of the world's population), dominated by the economies and populations of both China and India. The average rural population of the 48 Asian countries is 38.2 per cent, although this varies enormously: from the city-state of Singapore with no rural population, to Sri Lanka with 81 per cent of residents residing in rural locations. There is, indeed, enormous diversity across the countries which constitute Asia, as well as diversity across regions within a country such as China - socially, economically, politically, religiously, culturally and geographically.
- PublicationThe Future for Rural Criminology: Transcendence and Transformation of BordersThis chapter contemplates the past, present and future of rural criminology, considering its transformation from a niche area of interest in the criminological field, oft overlooked, to what has become a burgeoning subdiscipline in its own right with an enviable growth trajectory. It reflects on the chance encounters that have brought together scholars and others from disparate academic spaces and geographic places to study rural crime. In so doing, it considers the notion of borders in a globalised world, the role and importance of networks, rural criminology as public criminology. The chapter contemplates what the future might hold, and recommends several actions to facilitate its advancement well into the twenty-first century. Even in a globalised world, both physical and intangible borders persist. Sometimes these borders can be glaringly obvious, some are curious, and others are controversial and contentious both historically and now. Borders also serve as metaphors for the divisions imposed in the academy. The chapter muses on how rural criminology provides an effective crossing of our own boundaries, and in the process how it has created an inclusive and dynamic space for research, scholarship and practice.
- PublicationThe Encyclopedia of Rural Crime(Bristol University Press, 2023)
; ; ; - PublicationIntroduction to Part II: Rural Crime Studies
This section considers an array of specific types of crime; all entries are focused on studies of particular crime types which are rural-specific.
One of the challenges in assembling this section of the encyclopedia, though, was determining what to include and what to exclude. Stock theft is a quintessential rural crime, so of course was included without hesitation. There are many other topics in criminology which equally apply to rural and urban settings, though - one example is cybercrime - but yet there exist specific nuances about this when considering rural contextualization.
- PublicationIntroduction to Part V: Geographic Status of Rural Criminological ResearchDespite rural criminology's origins dating back to the 1930s, the growth of rural criminology has not been even across the globe. The 'big four' academic bases of rural criminological study - the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and to a slightly lesser extent Canada - have hitherto dominated the scholarship landscape in book chapter and journal article form.
- PublicationCommunity Corrections(Bristol University Press, 2023)
; ; Community corrections are non-custodial criminal sanctions that have been adopted by courts and other criminal justice agencies, with a basic philosophy that, rather than relying on incarceration, the preferred approach is community-based alternatives to supervise, manage, rehabilitate and educate offenders. Alternatives to imprisonment include diversionary schemes for defendants, probation or suspended sentences for convicted offenders and parole or early release for prisoners. They are relatively low-cost sanctions and measures that do not consume prison space (see Groves, 2017). - PublicationEditors' Introduction
Welcome to Volume 7, Issue 1 of the International Journal of Rural Criminology! It seems like a very long journey from the previous issue to this one. One reason is that in March 2022, it was still unknown if various conferences, such as the European Society of Criminology, would be held on-site or once again by online means of communication. Then, a cyber- attack in July 2022 caused The Ohio State University Libraries - who host the Journal's web presence and all the 'behind the scenes' functionality - to shut down their servers, including those that manage all of the journals in their digital library. Immediately, IT personnel at OSU worked diligently to bring everything back up online, giving priority to the most frequent users of the library system, namely staff and students accessing library resources of various kinds for teaching and class assignments. One day short of a month's hiatus, IT eventually restored the online status of all its journals, including IJRC. During this time, not a single manuscript associated with this special issue on rural policing could be accessed from the website, processed for review, edited and readied for publication.
- PublicationEditors' Introduction to Volume 6, Issue 2
Welcome to the Volume 6, Issue 2 of the new-look International Journal of Rural Criminology. Hopefully you have been enjoying the new look and feel of the website. Since the last issue, there has been a major rebuild of the 'back end' of the website. This means that submitting and reviewing items will also look a little different, but will be much more streamlined and functional.
- PublicationEditors' Introduction to Vol. 7, Issue 2
Welcome to Volume 7, Issue 2 of the International Journal of Rural Criminology. Such was the response to a call for papers for a special issue on rural policing, the excellent contributions received were too many for a single issue (Vol. 7, Issue 1) and so this issue serves as Part 2. An overview of the articles in this issue can be found in the introduction by the special issue editors, Dr Jessica Peterson and Dr Kyle Mulrooney. We certainly hope you enjoy this second tranche of really thought-provoking and enlightening scholarly perspectives on a growing sub-field of rural criminology research.