Urban agglomerations are constantly and rapidly evolving ecosystems, with globalization
and increasing urbanization posing new challenges in sustainable urban development well …

This special issue presents a collection of papers, based on a conference held in Rome in
September 2015. It was the final conference organized by the Global Dynamics of Extortion …

In order to meet the challenges of sustainable development, it is of utmost importance to
involve all relevant decision makers in this process. These decision makers are diverse …

Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research reviews the roots of the intersection
between machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, and research on crime, examines the …

This ground-breaking book offers a deep and original analysis of the Mafia–in particular
Cosa Nostra–as a distinct form of politics. Marco Santoro breaks with criminal and economic …

This paper proposes a methodology for grounding agent-based social simulation in
ethnographic data, using the example of crime research. The application of computational …

Systematic extortion involves a long term parasitic relationship between the criminal and the
victim. Game theory analysis has provided insight into the choices of individual hypothetical …

Extortion racketeering is a crime that blights the lives of everyone in societies where it takes
hold. Whilst most European countries have some form of extortion racketeering, in most …

For the ten years prior to the Turkish partition of Cyprus into Greek and Turkish Cypriot
zones, the Turkish Cypriot community lived in distinct ethnic enclaves governed by a parallel …

The effects of the Mafia have been extensively studied from sociological, economic, and
historical points of view. However, little research has investigated the influence of the Mafia …