Addressing a lack of research on rural policing - particularly in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean - this groundbreaking edited collection draws on northern, southern and post-colonial perspectives in global contexts. Key scholars explore the lived experiences of rural crime and policing, police responses to domestic violence and people with mental illness, skilfully setting out the ways in which rural policing differs from its urban counterpart.

This is a timely, forward-looking book for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in understanding successful rural policing dynamics in the present and future.

Wendell C. Wallace is a barrister and senior lecturer in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Unit at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

Part 1: Key Themes

1. Introduction - Equalizing police scholarship by highlighting the "rural" in policing - Wendell C. Wallace

2. Rural Appeal: The eye of the beholder - John Coxhead

3. An Examination of ICT Applications in Policing: A case study of urban-rural policing in Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan - Vandra Harris Agisilaou and Muhammad Abbas

4. Reflecting on the Village Bobby Scheme and Policing Village Crime - Robert Smith

5. An Exploration of Rural Police Officers' Interactions and Attitudes toward Persons with Mental Illness in Trinidad and Tobago - Wendell C. Wallace, Danny N. Carr and Katija Khan.

6. Being Blue in a Small Town: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Rural Police Officers' Children - Richard C. Helfers and Paul D. Reynolds

Part 2: Country Case Studies

7. Some reflections on the Police in rural areas in Poland - Emilia Jurgielewicz-Delegacz

8. Are There Significant Differences in Access to The Police Among Rural and Urban Dwellers in Ghana? What Are the Opinions of Ghanaians? - Michael K. Dzordzormenyoh

9. The Gentle Art of Policing Rural Iceland - Guðmundur Oddsson, Andrew Paul Hill, & Thóroddur Bjarnason

10. Policing on the Margins: Perspectives from Royal Solomon Islands Police Force officers on policing geographically dispersed locales in the Solomon Islands - Casandra Harry

11. On Becoming and Being a 'Village Bobby' - Robert Smith

12. Challenges in Rural Policing: Perspectives from Pakistan and Australia - Muhammad Abbas and Raymond Shuey

13. The Imperative of Rural Policing in Nigeria - Abiodun Raufu

14. Policing the Rural Space: Exploring experiences of police officers in rural Trinidad and Tobago - Casandra Harry, Leah Cleghorn, and Chantelle Cummings

15. Crime, Culture and Policing Rural Nigeria: Exploring Lived Experiences of Police Officers - Richard Abayomi Aborisade

16. Policing Rural and Urban Crimes in South Africa - Sanele Shabane and Witness Maluleke

17. Understanding Policing and Rurality: Conclusion and Future Implications - Wendell C. Wallace