Preventing theft on farms is much more difficult than in urban areas for many reasons – but new technological developments may help curb the crimes.
- Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Co-Director of the Centre for Rural Criminology, University of New England
New research shows that four in five farmers in NSW have been the victim of some type of crime, yet reporting of crimes to police remains stubbornly low.
Illegal hunters are damaging farm property, shooting at buildings and killing livestock. So why do farm trespass laws target animal activists?
Revelations of the theft of firearms from Victorian MP Peter Crisp’s farm draws attention to a genuine but often overlooked link between farm crime and criminal events in urban communities. Discussions…
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