Abstract
This paper discusses the nature and extent of rural crime and suggested solutions to rural crime; providing the author’s opinion on mandatory sentencing, increased penalties, certainty of detection, and reduction of the profit motive. Particularly, the article discusses the issues of stock theft, abalone poaching, firearms offences, traffic offences, logging protest cases, pastures protection – legal principles, proposed solutions, practical issues. The article also touches on changes in law enforcement, technology and the administration of justice, as well as police interviews with suspects, DNA, video surveillance, domestic violence issues and women in courts.
 The paper concludes with a description of the experiences of a magistrate who lived and worked in rural NSW, discussing issues that arise as a result of inevitable relationships with accused and others in the town.
Highlights
In July 1984, I was appointed a magistrate of what became the Local Court of New South Wales (NSW ) on 1 January 1985
The primary purpose of this paper is to provide material relating to my experiences in dealing with rural crime and to look at practices which have been suggested as possible
Law enforcement officers have infinitely more tools at their disposal than they did when I became a legal clerk in the 1960s
Summary
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5130/ijrlp.2.2019.6554 Article History: Received 09/04/2019; Revised 16/06/2019; Accepted 28/06/2019; Published 06/08/2019 Citation: Christopher J Bone, ‘Rural Crime and Law’ (2019) 2 (special issue on Rural Crime) International Journal of Rural Law and Policy. Article ID 6554, https://doi.org/10.5130/ ijrlp.2.2019.6554
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