Rural Crime in Africa

This edited collection synthesises rural criminological issues in Africa. It focusses on rural areas and rural communities in Africa in terms of victimisation, offending, lived experiences of law or being victims, policing, crime prevention, and theories and research methods. The chapters vary from conceptual, to focusing on a specific issue e.g. agricultural crime, corruption or Indigenous policing, a country, region, or all of Africa, with comparisons between countries and regions. Major themes include colonialism, human trafficking, causes and impacts of rural crimes in Africa, corruption, criminological theories in Africa, Indigenous policing in rural Africa, and cross-cutting issues.

Emmanuel Bunei is Research Fellow at Flinders University, Australia. He is also Research Affiliate at the Centre for Social Impact within the College of Business, Government & Law at Flinders University, as well as Research Associate at the Centre for Rural Criminology at the University of New England, Australia. A citizen of Kenya, Bunei has previously held academic roles at Moi University, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, and Mount Kenya University, all located in Kenya.

Willie Clack is Senior Lecturer at the University of South Africa. In his academic career, he was appointed to various United Nations Development Programs in Sub-Sahara Africa to do Technical Needs Analysis and Needs Assessments in countries, amongst others, such as Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Swaziland, and Namibia.