Outputs (3)

‘Soft’ Policing in Rural Scotland (2016)
Journal Article
Wooff, A. (2017). ‘Soft’ Policing in Rural Scotland. Policing, 11(2), 123-131. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paw031

‘Soft’ policing focuses on the non-coercive elements of policing, typically community engagement, situated knowledge and negotiated order maintenance. Although soft policing as a philosophy has been critiqued, recent work by McCarthy (2014. “Soft” Po... Read More about ‘Soft’ Policing in Rural Scotland.

The importance of context : understanding the nature of anti-social behaviour in rural Scotland. (2016)
Book Chapter
Wooff, A. (2016). The importance of context : understanding the nature of anti-social behaviour in rural Scotland. In J. F. Donnermeyer (Ed.), The Routledge international handbook of rural criminologyTaylor & Francis (Routledge)

This chapter seeks to provide a starting point for understanding anti-social behaviour (herein ASB) within a rural context, and how this provides important illumination of the broader social processes affecting rural communities. Based on analysis of... Read More about The importance of context : understanding the nature of anti-social behaviour in rural Scotland..

Policing the countryside in a devolving United Kingdom. (2016)
Book Chapter
Yarwood, R., & Wooff, A. (2016). Policing the countryside in a devolving United Kingdom. In J. F. Donnemeyer (Ed.), The Routledge international handbook of rural criminology, (375-386). Taylor & Francis

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