1. Setting the context: a brief overview of Scottish and international evidence of crime and policing in rural environments Nick Fyfe SIPR and University of Dundee

3. Scottish Government Urban/Rural Classification, 2009-2010 6 Fold Classification Accessible areas are defined as those that are within a 30 minute drive time from the centre of a Settlement with a population of 10,000 or more, while Remote Areas have a drive time which is greater than 30 minutes. Images from Scottish Government GI Science & Analysis Team, August 2010

4. Crime in rural Scotland: constructing a rural idyll?

5. Aspects of Neighbourhood Particularly Liked by Geographic Area, 2009-10

6. Experience of Neighbourhood Problems by Geographic Area, 2009-10 (% saying they have personal experience of problem)

7. Perceptions of Safety When at Home Alone at Night by Geographic Area, 2009-10

8. Crime Victimisation and Perception of Change in Crime Rates Over Previous Two Years by Geographic Area, 2009-10

9. Understanding crime in rural areas: why we need to challenge the ‘rural idyll’ Marginalises fear and anxiety; Obscures impacts of deprivation; Invokes notion of the ‘endangered countryside’ Specificity of rural crime.

10. Rural policing: themes from international research ‘localistic’ rather than ‘legalistic’ and ‘problem- solving’ rather than ‘enforcement led’; public tranquillity vs private disorder; entanglement of the private lives and public roles of officers; challenges around recruitment and retention; the extended rural policing family.

11. Concluding comments: the opportunities of police reform Enhanced localism; Developing a rural policing agenda for policy, training and research.