Abstract
Swedish media have revealed an increase in crimes against animal production (CAAP) in the last decade. We investigate the nature of such crimes (especially against mink, pig, and rabbit farms), with a focus on those crimes whose suspects are animal rights groups by utilizing data from media archives from 2009 to 2019. Newspaper articles show that while vandalism and trespassing are often committed against mink farms, property crimes occur more often against pig and rabbit farms. Because there are indications that crime suspects are not a homogeneous group and express different motivations to commit CAAP, a multipronged approach is needed to prevent CAAP. The use of newspaper articles from media archives has proven to be successful for obtaining a general perspective of CAAP, but it is limited for capturing crime incidence or for investigating CAAP spatiotemporal nature when using geographical information systems. The automated usage of digital media archives should be further explored and critically assessed in future research in criminology.
Highlights
Swedish media have revealed an increase in crimes against animal production (CAAP) in the last decade
Official statistics of crimes against farmers are highly underreported in Sweden (Ceccato et al 2020) and in particular those crimes against animal production (CAAP)
In the search for a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms behind these rural crimes, we investigate the nature of victimization carried out against farmers who are specialized in animal production in Sweden using print and digitally accessible newspaper articles from media archives from 2009 to 2019
Summary
Swedish media have revealed an increase in crimes against animal production (CAAP) in the last decade. In the search for a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms behind these rural crimes, we investigate the nature of victimization carried out against farmers who are specialized in animal production in Sweden using print and digitally accessible newspaper articles from media archives from 2009 to 2019. Assessing the use of media archives as data courses to investigate the nature of victimization carried out against farmers and in combination with analytical spatial tools, such as geographical information systems (GIS) to report the geography of these offenses at the municipal level
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