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Title
Farm Crime: The Forgotten Frontier?
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008:
Author(s)
Publication Date
2016
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008
Abstract
Crime devastates lives and communities: not only in cities, but in remote settings, provincial towns, smaller urbanised regional areas and on the urban fringe. Offending on farming sites has, regrettably, been hitherto a largely forgotten frontier of crime but one that warrants considerable further attention, not least because of the financial implications for farming communities but also for its sociological impacts.<br/>This chapter will pursue pertinent issues in relation to farm crime, examining the types of thefts from farms, and the reluctance of some communities to report different types of crime. It will draw upon primary interviews conducted with Victoria Police members (interviews with author November 2013), and survey data collected between October 2013 and September 2014 (Victorian Farm Crime Survey 2014). The role and effectiveness of Victoria Police’s Agricultural Liaison Officers will be considered, challenges for contemporary rural policing explored, and how to address ingrained reticence in country communities to report crime, seek assistance when needed and overcome fear.
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Source of Publication
Locating Crime in Context and Place: Perspectives on Regional, Rural and Remote Australia, p. 96-107
Publisher
The Federation Press
Place of Publication
Sydney, Australia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020
Peer Reviewed
Yes
HERDC Category Description
ISBN
9781760020477
Peer Reviewed
Yes
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