About the Journal

The International Journal of Rural Criminology (IJRC) is a peer-reviewed multi- and cross-disciplinary journal dedicated to publishing both theoretical and empirical work on rural crime and criminal justice issue throughout the world. It is a continuation of the journal of the same name, whose first five volumes were published in The Ohio State University Knowledge Bank. The journal now serves as the official organ of the International Society for the Study of Rural Crime; the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Rural Criminology; and the European Rural Criminology Working Group of the European Society of Criminology.

Special Issues

In addition to ongoing regular issues, the IJRC will publish a special themed issue each year: we are open to any imaginative proposals. Proposals for special issues should seek to incorporate a variety of ‘voices’ and perspectives, such as by including practitioners, early career researchers and higher degree students.

Announcements

ACJS -- 2025 -- session on Navigating the Unique Challenges of Rural Crime: Strategies for Effective Enforcement and Community Engagement -- if interested, contact Kyle Ward at Kyle.Ward@unco.edu

2024-03-04

A MESSAGE FROM KYLE WARD AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO -- I have been asked by Bitna Kim, the incoming president of ACJS, to put a featured presidential panel together for the ACJS program in Denver in 2025. So this would be for next March. The topic will be on rural crime and I think it would be a great opportunity to get some of the foundational names in our field to be part of our panel. Would you be interested in joining this panel at ACJS in 2025? We are still in the planning phases, but I have a working title of the panel and hope that we can present current research we are conducting or sharing research/perspective of the current state of the field relating to rural crime. My working title for the panel is: "Navigating the Unique Challenges of Rural Crime: Strategies for Effective Enforcement and Community Engagement"

Read more about ACJS -- 2025 -- session on Navigating the Unique Challenges of Rural Crime: Strategies for Effective Enforcement and Community Engagement -- if interested, contact Kyle Ward at Kyle.Ward@unco.edu

Current Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2024)
Cover for Vol. 8, No. 2 of International Journal of Rural Criminology.
Published: 2024-03-26

Articles

Research Notes

Policy and Practice: Notes from the Field

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