Crime And Policing in Rural And Small-town America

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

• ISBN13: 9781577664130
• ISBN10: 1577664132
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-15
• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc

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