Criminological theory developed without an expectation of a victim–offender overlap. Among
most crime theorists and policymakers, to solve crime it is necessary to solve the criminal …

Recent research suggests that sexual recidivism rates have been declining, which contrasts
with observations regarding general recidivism rates as well as perceptions of sexual …

Governments around the world restricted movement of people, using social distancing and
lockdowns, to help stem the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. We examine crime …

Largely overlooked in the theoretical and empirical literature on the crime decline is a long
tradition of research in criminology and urban sociology that considers how violence is …

Expertly drawing on international examples and existing literature, Penal Populism closes a
gap in the field of criminology. In this fascinating expose of current crime policy John Pratt …

This chapter traces and evaluates both the historic emergence of the modern 'preventive
turn'as well as the elaboration and institutionalisation of crime prevention and community …

Objectives This article explores the merits of commercially-based survey data on crime
through cross-validation with established crime metrics. Methods Using unpublished data …

Crime rates have moved in parallel in Western societies since the late Middle Ages.
Homicide rates declined from 20 to 100 per 100,000 population in western Europe to one …

The fall in the rate of violent crime has stopped. This is a finding of an investigation using the
Crime Survey for England and Wales, 1994–2014, and an improved methodology to include …

Background This study aimed to determine whether crime patterns in Mexico City changed
due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to test whether any changes observed were associated …