Police as builders of social capital with farmers: Addressing property theft from farms in Victoria, Australia

Alistair Harkness

Police as builders of social capital with farmers: Addressing property theft from farms in Victoria, Australia

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Introduced in 2011, Victoria Police Agricultural Liaison Officers (AGLOs) have expertise in rural crime and are tasked with providing enhanced responses to farm victimisation. In addition to operating in a detective capacity, AGLOs perform educative and outreach duties. Utilising a framework of social capital, this paper investigates the roles which AGLOs assume in building and strengthening relationships between police and farmers. It considers the importance of strong police-community relationships, community policing and the problem-orientated policing approach of the AGLO program. It is asserted that with further resourcing, AGLOs could concentrate more directly on building trust with local communities to allow for awareness of, and better responses to, property thefts from farms.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference, 2015
Editors	Helen Berents, John Scott
Place of Publication	Brisbane, Australia
Publisher	Queensland University of Technology, Crime and Justice Research Centre
Pages	18-26
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	9780987467867
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: 3rd International Conference 2015 - Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Duration: 9 Jul 2015 → 10 Jul 2015

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Conference	Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: 3rd International Conference 2015
City	Brisbane, Australia
Period	9/07/15 → 10/07/15

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Harkness, A. (2015). Police as builders of social capital with farmers: Addressing property theft from farms in Victoria, Australia. In H. Berents, & J. Scott (Eds.), Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference, 2015 (Vol. 1, pp. 18-26). Queensland University of Technology, Crime and Justice Research Centre. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/93147/1/ConferenceProceedings_3rdInternationalCJSDConference_2015.pdf

Harkness, Alistair. / Police as builders of social capital with farmers : Addressing property theft from farms in Victoria, Australia. Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference, 2015. editor / Helen Berents ; John Scott. Vol. 1 Brisbane, Australia : Queensland University of Technology, Crime and Justice Research Centre, 2015. pp. 18-26

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Harkness, A 2015, Police as builders of social capital with farmers: Addressing property theft from farms in Victoria, Australia. in H Berents & J Scott (eds), Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference, 2015. vol. 1, Queensland University of Technology, Crime and Justice Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 18-26, Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: 3rd International Conference 2015, Brisbane, Australia, 9/07/15. <https://eprints.qut.edu.au/93147/1/ConferenceProceedings_3rdInternationalCJSDConference_2015.pdf>

Police as builders of social capital with farmers: Addressing property theft from farms in Victoria, Australia. / Harkness, Alistair.
Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference, 2015. ed. / Helen Berents; John Scott. Vol. 1 Brisbane, Australia: Queensland University of Technology, Crime and Justice Research Centre, 2015. p. 18-26.

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