ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book shows some primary relationships between criminological theory and rural criminology. It demonstrates how gendered forms of power relationships within rural and remote communities of Australia help with understanding violence against women, child abuse, and the abuse of older people. The book illustrates that global economic conditions, and the extensive 'commodity chains' that link together the production of food provide plenty of opportunities for some agriculturalists to become linked to forms of organized crime. It considers violence as directly instigated by actions of the state and of the contestation of land. The book presents the complex interrelationship of policing and issues of crime and safety in the rural context. It highlights the global reach of social and economic change and its impact on rural peoples and communities in relation to crime, safety and justice.
