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Law Enforcement--Case Studies

Community Justice in Rural America: Four Examples and Four Futures ( pdf | 335.8 KB )

USDOJ. OJP. Bureau of Justice Assistance.

COPS: Innovations in Policing in American Heartlands ( pdf | 7.16 MB )

National Criminal Justice Reference Service.

Doing What We've Always Done: A Case Study of Rural Policing ( pdf | 2.28 MB )

National Criminal Justice Reference Service.

Drugs in the Heartland: Methamphetamine Use in Rural Nebraska

United States Department of Justice.

Police-Community Initiatives for Effective Law Enforcement in Rural Communities Project: Youth Supplemental Survey ( pdf | 1.4 MB )

National Criminal Justice Reference Service.; North Carolina Central University. Criminal Justice Department.