Walter S. DeKeseredy

Walter S. DeKeseredy is Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair of Social Sciences, Director of the Research Center on Violence, and Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University. He has published 32 books and over 250 scientific journal articles and book chapters on violence against women and other social problems. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) and has received prestigious awards for his research from the ASC and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Rural women are at a higher risk of violence − and less likely to get help

Nearly 50 years of research shows that male violence against women knows no geographical or demographic boundaries. It occurs among all socioeconomic groups and in almost all communities. Yet, crime in rural and remote places is reported to the police at lower rates than in urban areas.

By Walter S. DeKeseredy