About this 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.
Volume 10 • Issue 1 • 2026 • March 2026
Editorial/editor
Introduction to Volume 10, Issue 1 (Special Issue): Rural Criminology, Place, and Governance: Scientific Dialogues from the Atlantic Rural Criminology Meeting
Véronique Chadillon-Farinacci and Hesam Seyyed Esfahani
Introduction to Volume 10, Issue 1 (General Issue)
Joseph F. Donnermeyer, Alistair Harkness, Jessica Rene Peterson and Kyle Mulrooney
Articles
The Central Role of Place in Rural Criminological Studies
Joseph F. Donnermeyer
Sanctioned but unpunished: impunity and recidivism in shellfish poaching in Galicia (North West Spain)
Hugo M. Ballesteros and Gonzalo Rodríguez-Rodríguez
Safety Risks, Institutional Responses, and Narratives in Fishery Management: A Case Study of the 2023 Commercial Glass Eel Season in Nova Scotia, Canada
Véronique Chadillon-Farinacci and Ellie Côté
Rural Girls in Conflict with the Law: A Review of the North American Literature and Recommendations for Future Empirical Work
Walter S. DeKeseredy and Donna Selman
Towards Feminist Trauma-informed Perspectives on Domestic Abuse: Lessons from Rural England
Sam Lewis, Daniel Birks, Sat Kartar Chandan and Natacha Chenevoy
2026-03-16 Volume 10 • Issue 1 • 2026 • March 2026 • 160-185
Empirical Findings on Filicide Offenses in eSwatini
Sifiso Shabangu and Melanie Moen
2026-03-16 Volume 10 • Issue 1 • 2026 • March 2026 • 186-216
Shifting Economic Trends and Crime in Rural Communities
Tracy Tully, Melissa Smith and Joshua Regan
2026-03-16 Volume 10 • Issue 1 • 2026 • March 2026 • 217-239
Research Notes
Reviews
A Review of Woman Abuse in Rural Places by Walter S. DeKeseredy
Ülkü Baturoğlu-Balcı
2026-03-16 Volume 10 • Issue 1 • 2026 • March 2026 • 260-265