Natural Resource Extraction and Violence against Women in Rural Places

Walter S. DeKeseredy is Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair of Social Sciences, Director of the Research Center on Violence, and Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University.Joseph F. Donnermeyer is a rural criminologist retired from the School of Environment and Natural Resources at the Ohio State University, and co-editor of the International Journal of Rural Criminology. He is co-founder of the Division of Rural Criminology, American Society of Criminology. Jayne Mooney is Professor of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

• Introduction 1 Globalization, Natural Resource Extraction, and Boomtowns 2 Violence Against Women and Natural Resource Extraction: The Known and Unknown 3 Theorizing Violence Against Women and Other Crimes in Boomtowns: The Failure of Anomie Theory and Place-Based Perspectives 4 A New Theory of Globalization, Natural Resource Extraction, and Violence Against Women: Toward Solving the Linkage Problem 5 What is to be Done About Violence Against Women in Boomtowns?

This remarkable book demand criminologists pay due theoretical attention to the interconnections between natural resource extraction and woman abuse. In making the case for the continua in women's live, binary thinking, rural/urban, past/present, social dis/organisation, is put to the sword. Not before time. An excellent read.Sandra Walklate, Emeritus Professor, University of LiverpoolNatural Resource Extraction and Violence Against Women in Rural Places provides a thought-provoking and well-researched examination of the understudied relationship between natural resource extraction and crime, specifically its impact on male violence against women. Peppered with emotionally evocative testimony conveying the lived experiences of rural people and places, it is a must read for all those interested in the destructive and gendered impact of environmental-based industry.Victoria Collins, Associate Professor & Director of Criminal Justice Programs, University of KentuckyDeKeseredy, Donnermeyer and Mooney’s call to action must not go unheeded. In their pivotal examination of the link between globalization, environmental degradation and violence against women, they show scholars, practitioners, and communities why and how we must resist systems of oppression and inequality to prevent social and environmental harm. Their innovative theorising and interdisciplinary lens provides a map for future studies and better futures.Bridget Harris, Associate Professor, Monash University and Director, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre