Theorizing Violence against Women and Other Crimes in Boomtowns
Abstract
A first and fundamental task for anyone considering the rural side of criminology is to define rural in a way that avoids simplistic dichotomies. In this sense, it is time to make Tönnies and Wirth go away. Both writers contributed greatly to the early development of crime through their theorizing about the nature of human will, human relationships, and places where people live. However, decades of criminology scholars have produced a long list of facile assumptions about the structural and cultural characteristics of urban and rural places and their relationships to crime based on over-generalized interpretations of Tönnies and Wirth.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Crime Patterns and Interventions
Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Rural development and sustainability
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 55–76
- Publication date
- 3 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter