Skip to main content

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

align
annotate
download

Concept information

... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > police and law enforcement > rural police
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law enforcement > specialized law enforcement agencies > rural police

Preferred term

rural police  

Definition

  • Rural policing is an often discussed but little understood concept within the criminal justice system. There are many different definitions of what constitutes a rural community and of what police do in the community. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Rural Police]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-J8GWPVBC-1

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD