All Outputs (2)

Listening to alternative perspectives on rural crime and criminality: a report on the pilot study. (2013)
Report
SMITH, R. and LAING, A. 2013. Listening to alternative perspectives on rural crime and criminality: a report on the pilot study. SIPR Research Summary Number 15. Dundee: Scottish Institute for Policing Research, School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee.

This summary reports on the pilot phase of an ongoing study, funded by SIPR, into the changing nature of rural crime and what constitutes rural criminality. We set out to listen to alternative perspectives on rural crime and criminality and to speak... Read More about Listening to alternative perspectives on rural crime and criminality: a report on the pilot study..

Policing rural crime. (2012)
Report
SMITH, R., LAING, A. and MCELWEE, G. 2012. Policing rural crime. RuSource [online], Briefing 1653. Available from: http://ofi.openfields.org.uk/1.12120687

Between 2000 and 2012, over 1,000 police stations were closed in the UK and many more have been placed on reduced opening hours. A similar situation is unfolding in Northern Ireland and Eire. This may be viewed as a strategic and operational withdraw... Read More about Policing rural crime..