Objective: To examine the extent to which abused and neglected children perpetrate 3
different types of violence within and outside the home (criminal violence, child abuse, and …

Most people engage in crime at some point in their lives, but why does almost everybody
stop soon after? And, why do a small number of offenders persist in crime? These two …

Objectives Despite abundant attention to offending specialization in criminology, scholars
have only recently started to explore opportunity-driven explanations for within-individual …

We use a comprehensive longitudinal dataset on criminal acts over 6 years in a European
country to study specialization in criminal careers. We present a method to cluster crime …

Fraud is a social phenomenon, and fraudsters often collaborate with other fraudsters, taking
on different roles. The challenge for insurance companies is to implement claim assessment …

Big data open up unprecedented opportunities for investigating complex systems, including
society. In particular, communication data serve as major sources for computational social …

The versatility/specialization debate in criminology has important theoretical, research, and
juvenile/criminal justice ramifications. Although offenders are mostly versatile, there is …

Although previous research into specialisation has been dominated by the debate over the
existence of specialisation versus versatility, it is suggested that research needs to move …

While cities have been the engine for innovation and growth for many millennia, they have
also endured disproportionately more crime than smaller cities. Similarly to other urban …

Psychological factors, specific lifestyles and environmental stressors may influence
etiopathogenesis and evolution of chronic diseases. We investigate the association between …