Conducting rural criminological research exposes researchers to concerns such as absence or inadequate official data about crime and superficial rural-urban comparisons, rural isolation and distance from the researchers’ office to the study site, and lack of services or access to justice. This distinct cultural context means that studying rural crime requires creatively adapting existing research methods. Conducting research about or in rural settings requires unique researcher preparation, as everything from defining the space at the conception of a project to collecting and analyzing data differs from urban research.
This book explores the various issues, challenges, and solutions for rural researchers in criminology. Integrating state of the art methodological approaches with practical illustrations, this book serves as an internationally comprehensive compendium of methods for students, scholars, and practitioners. While contributing to the growing field of rural criminology, it will also be of interest to those engaged with the related areas of rural health care, rural social work, and rural poverty.
Here's the Table of Contents:
Chapter Chapter 1
Defining Rural
By Callie Marie Rennison, Hailey Powers Mondragon
Chapter Chapter 2
Studying the Rural Criminal Justice System
By Kyle C. Ward, Paul Hawkins, Alexandra Swanty
Chapter Chapter 3
An Essay on Theory and Research in Rural Criminology
By Joseph F. Donnermeyer
Chapter Chapter 4
Gaining Access to Rural Communities
By Jessica Rene Peterson
Chapter Chapter 5
Gathering Data on Male-To-Female Violence in Rural and Remote Places
By Walter S. DeKeseredy
Chapter Chapter 6
Investigating Access to Justice, the Rural Lawyer Shortage, and Implications for Civil and Criminal Legal Systems
By Lisa Pruitt, Andrew Davies
Chapter Chapter 7
Researching State Crime in Rural Areas
By Victoria E. Collins
Chapter Chapter 8
Crime Talk in the Countryside 1
By Artur Pytlarz, Matt Bowden
Chapter Chapter 9
Surveying in Rural Settings
By Alistair Harkness, Kyle Mulrooney, Joseph F. Donnermeyer
Chapter Chapter 10
Focus Groups
The Challenges and Advantages of Creating and Using Focus Groups in Rural Areas? 1
By Gorazd Meško, Rok Hacin
Chapter Chapter 11
Geographical Information and GIS in Rural Criminology
By Vania Ceccato
Chapter Chapter 12
Entering the Relational Space
Using Field-Analytic Methods in Researching Rural Security
By Matt Bowden, Artur Pytlarz
Chapter Chapter 13
Interviewing in Rural Areas
By Kreseda Smith
Chapter Chapter 14
Ethnographic Research
Immersing Oneself in the Rural Environment
By Michele Statz, William Garriott
Chapter Chapter 15
Visually Representing Rural
Ethics of Photographing Marginalized People in the Rural South 1
By Heith Copes, Jared Ragland
Chapter Chapter 16
Content Analysis in Rural Criminology
By Stephen T. Young, Brian Pitman
Chapter Chapter 17
Going Global
The Challenges of Studying Rural Crime Worldwide
By Ziwei Qi
Chapter Chapter 18
Future Directions for Rural Research Methods
By Ralph A. Weisheit
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