Addressing a lack of research on rural policing — particularly in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean — this groundbreaking edited collection draws on northern, southern and post-colonial perspectives in global contexts. Key scholars explore the lived experiences of rural crime and policing, police responses to domestic violence and people with mental illness, skilfully setting out the ways in which rural policing differs from its urban counterpart. This is a timely, forward-looking book for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in understanding successful rural policing dynamics in the present and future.
Wendell C. Wallace is a barrister and senior lecturer in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Unit at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.
Part I: IntroductionChapter 1. Introduction: Equalising police scholarship - Wendell C. Wallace Chapter 2. Rural Appeal: The Eye of the Beholder - John Coxhead Part II: Country Case StudiesChapter 3. Reflecting on the Village Bobby Scheme and Policing Village Crime – Robert SmithChapter 4. Reflections on Police in Rural Poland – Emilia Jurgielewicz-Delegacz Chapter 5. The Gentle Art of Policing Rural Iceland - Guðmundur Oddsson, Andrew Paul Hill and Thóroddur BjarnasonChapter 6. Policing on the Margins: Perspectives from Royal Solomon Islands Police Force officers on Policing Geographically Dispersed Locales – Casandra Harry Part III: African and Caribbean StudiesChapter 7: Rural-Urban Differences in Police Presence: An Examination of Access and Opinions in Ghana – Michael K. Dzordzormenyoh Chapter 8: The Imperative of Rural Policing in Nigeria - Abiodun RaufuChapter 9: Experiences of Police Officers in Rural Trinidad and Tobago – Casandra Harry, Leah Cleghorn and Chantelle Cummings Chapter 10: Policing Rural and Urban Crimes in South Africa – Sanele Shabane and Witness Maluleke Part IV: Rural Policing Topics and Lived ExperiencesChapter 11: Digital Tools in Urban-Rural Policing in Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan - Vandra Harris Agisilaou and Muhammad Abbas Chapter 12: On Becoming and Being a ‘Village Bobby’ - Robert Smith Chapter 13: Police Interactions and Attitudes toward Persons with Mental Illness in rural Trinidad and Tobago – Wendell C. Wallace, Danny N. Carr and Katija Khan Chapter 14: The Lived Experiences of Rural Police Officers’ Children – Richard C. Helfers and Paul D. ReynoldsChapter 15: Crime, Culture and Policing Rural Nigeria: Exploring Lived Experiences of Police Officers – Richard Abayomi Aborisade Part V: ConclusionChapter 16: Commonalities and Differences in Rural Policing Internationally and Regionally – Wendell C. Wallace