Reviews : Crime and Conflict in the Countryside Dingwall, G. and Moody, S.R. (eds) University of Wales Press, 1999; pp210; £40.00, hbk
| Author | Mark Drakeford |
| Published date | 01 December 1999 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455059904600423 |
| Date | 01 December 1999 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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carried
out
as
written
in
order
to
maintain
integrity.
There
is
simply
no
room
for
exercises
exploring
the
group
dynamic
to
be
included.
I
must
admit
I
have
never
heard
of
Schutz,
having
taught
Tuckman
and
Bion,
but
the
categories
seem
appropriate.
I
think
the
£25
for
an
A4
ring
bound
volume
is
a
bit
expensive
but
it
is
an
interesting
collection.
Get
your
service
to
pay
for
it.
Paul
Gapper
Probation
Officer,
Middlesex
Crime
and
Conflict
in
the
Countryside
Dingwall,
G.
and
Moody,
S.R.
(eds)
University
of
Wales
Press,
1999;
pp210; £40.00,
hbk
This
book
of
collected
papers
sets
out
to
challenge
and
correct
the
’urban
domination’
of
criminology
which,
the
editors
suggest,
has
been
characteristic
of
the
discipline
over
the
greater
part
of
its
history.
In
an
ambitious
way
this
book
aims
not
simply
to
challenge
the
locale
of
the
criminological
enterprise
but
also
its
rationale.
In
other
words,
the
editors,
and
many
of
the
authors,
suggest
that
the
countryside
and
the
town
are
distinguished
by
more
than
geography.
Patterns
of
ethnicity,
gender
roles,
social
relationships,
networks
of
kinship,
rural
poverty
and
isolation
to
cite
just
a
sample,
amount
to
a
challenge
to
criminology
which,
successive
contributors
suggest,
has
scarcely
been
attempted,
let
alone
achieved.
It
is
on
this
level,
that
the
book
is
welcomed.
It
succeeds
in
highlighting
the
defects
of
an
urban-dominated
approach
in
which
the
countryside
is
trapped
in
the
Wildean
world
which
stands
as
an
epigram
to
the
first
chapter
-
&dquo;Anybody
can
be
good
in
the
countryside.
There
are
no
temptations
there.&dquo;
It
works
less
well
in
moving
from
identifying
deficits
to
providing
solutions
but
that
may
be
a
step
too
far
for
one
volume.
There
are
good
reasons
why
any
probation
library,
wherever
located,
ought
to
contain
a
copy
of
this
volume.
The
chapter
on
the
rural
Probation
Service
by
Pam
Davies
discusses
the
policy,
practice
and
justice
issues
which
lie
behind
the
logistical,
financial
and
demographic
challenge
of
practice
where,
as
one
of
her
respondents
puts
it,
&dquo;orienteering,
rallying
and
animal
training
are
all
essential
skills&dquo;.
Others -
such
as
Brian
Williams
on
rural
victims
of
crime,
Gavin
Dingwall
on
justice
issues
in
the
countryside,
and
Richard
Hester’s
chapter
on
policing
new
age
travellers -
are
equally
rewarding.
The
University
of
Wales
press
has
developed
a
useful
list
of
criminology
texts,
with
a
particular
emphasis
on
understanding
the
rural
dimensions
of
crime
and
criminal
justice
policy.
This
book
makes
a
very
useful
addition
to
that
growing
body
of
knowledge.
Mark
Drakeford
Lecturer
in
Social
Policy,
University
of
Wales
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