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Relationships and responses: Policing anti-social behaviour in rural Scotland

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Wooff, Andrew·2015·Journal of Rural Studies
DOI 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2014.11.003
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Rural policing, with a few notable exceptions, has been largely absent from the geographic and criminology literature. Yet, examining rural policing is important for revealing details about rural society, and the role that the police play in controlling rural space. Using participant observation and interview data collected as part of a wider study exploring anti-social behaviour (ASB) in rural Scotland, this paper calls for a more nuanced understanding of rural policing. In order to fully conceptualise the response of the police to ASB in these rural locations, the role of discretion, negotiated order maintenance and police–community interactions need to be considered. These dimensions are considered to lie at the core of the response of the police to ASB in rural Scotland. Existing urban-based policing typologies are helpful for beginning to understand the multiple ways that the police control territory. Yet they are of limited relevance to some of the challenges identified with policing rural contexts, namely the scale of the environment, the lack of back-up and the forms of ASB that are common in rural locations. This paper concludes by arguing that the rural needs to be (re)conceptualised as a distinct, challenging and variable policing environment, with particular contextual factors that need to be considered.

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  • Rurality is shaped by a cultural context of familiarity and a sense of community and belonging.

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Authors
Wooff, A.
Affiliations
University of Dundee (GB)
Corresponding author
Wooff, Andrew
ORCID
Wooff, Andrew
Venue
Journal of Rural Studies
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-06
Volume
39
Pages
287-295
ISSN
0743-0167 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2014.11.003
OpenAlex
W2070620760
Cited by
49
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1
FWCI
6.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Journal of Rural Studies (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
  • Edinburgh Napier Research Repository (Edinburgh Napier University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
ESRC (ES/H009647/1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
  • Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
Keywords
rural policing, antisocial behavior, police discretion, police-community relations, rural Scotland, territorial control, rural space

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