While the Division of Rural Criminology (DRC) was created for The American Society of Criminology (ASC), our vision for this Division goes much further. We aim to have an international focus and serve as a network of scholars diligently striving to bring rural research to the forefront. The Editors and Administrators welcome creative suggestions for how DRC can link up with scholars around the world who have rural interests but will never be ASC members.
In the meantime, the Rural Crime listserv will serve as one type of worldwide outreach for rural criminologists everywhere. By holding hands, electronically speaking, we can bridge the isolation of rural scholars scattered about in universities around the world who neither have the time nor wherewithal to regularly attend the annual meetings of ASC.