Crime and Policing in Rural and Small-Town America

by Ralph A. Weisheit, David N. Falcone

Weisheit et al. (from Illinois State U.) tackle the issue of crime and the criminal justice system in rural areas of America in a study that began as a project for the National Institute of Justice. Noting that crime differences in rural areas have not been studied widely, they examine this environment, stressing the police perspective. Factors such as the availability of guns, economics, and race are considered, in addition to trends and comparisons to urban crime, drugs and alcohol, hate crimes, and policing and other parts of the criminal justice system. This edition expands upon the earlier one and considers methamphetamine production, rural gangs, and homicide. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[David Staubach · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rural Officer Opinion

I moved from the city to a rural community to be a police officer. I bought this book to possibly get some information on policing in a rural environment in order to be more effective. What I got was the author telling the reader that not much is known about rural policing and more research needs to be done. It was ok as a text book, but not very enlightening.

[Brian Reagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

excellent for what its purpose is, but otherwise extremely dry!!!