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Overview
Courses: Policing | Criminal Justice
This book shifts the focus on policing from the urban to the rural and describes the efforts of the agencies working to ensure public safety in the countryside. Although police services play the primary role in responding to crime, the growing role of public and private agencies involved in crime reduction is highlighted.
Features
Designed in an easy-to-access format to support learning and instruction, the chapters in this book feature:
box inserts that enhance key concepts
in depth coverage of the most recent statistics and policing initiatives in Canada
engaging writing style places corrections in a wider context of social forces
Preview Contents
Introduction: Policing Rural Canada 1
Chapter 1 Rural Crime 17
Chapter 2 A Short History of Rural and Small-Town Policing 47
Chapter 3 An Overview of Canadian Policing 73
Chapter 4 Policing Rural Communities Contents 99
Chapter 5 Confronting Traditional Models of Policing 129
Chapter 6 Aboriginal Policing 153
Chapter 7 Boomtown Policing 183
Chapter 8 The Thin Green Line: Protecting Canada’s Natural Resources 209
Chapter 9 Supporting The Police on the Borders, in the Arctic, and Along the Coasts 233
Chapter 10 Protecting Critical Infrastructure 257
Chapter 11 The Future of Rural and Small-Town Policing 281
Index 305
Meet your Author
Rick Ruddell is the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan Chair in Police Studies at the University of Regina. Prior to this appointment he served as Director of Operational Research with the Correctional Service of Canada and with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Corrections and Policing. Dr. Ruddell conducts research in policing, corrections, and youth justice