Technological responses to tackle the scourge of farm crime

• In Event: Roundtable: Technology and Rural Criminology

Abstract

Considering acquisitive crime from farms, such as the theft of livestock, machinery, guns and tools, this roundtable contribution will outline an array of existing and emerging responses for prevention of these crimes. This includes physical technological responses, including cutting-edge property marking (such as traceable liquid property marking and data dots). It also includes technological resources, such as online push-pull alert platforms, which aim to deliver contemporary best practice for policing responses, enhanced community connectedness and improved relations between the police and the communities they serve, and the encouragement of enhanced crime reporting.

Author

• Alistair Harkness, Federation University Australia