Objectives Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a type of computer simulation that creates a
virtual society and allows controlled experimentation. ABM has the potential to be a powerful …

Over the last twenty years researchers have given a lot of attention to the relationship
between religion and crime, finding that religion tends to have a deterring influence on crime …

Lifestyle and routine activity theories both view victimization through the lens of the
convergence of a motivated offender, an attractive target/victim, and the absence of capable …

Objectives: Researchers have used both self-reports and official records to measure the
prevalence and frequency of crime and delinquency. Few studies have compared …

Written by two of the most prominent criminologists in the field, Race and Crime, 6th Edition
takes an incisive look at the intersection of race and ethnicity and the criminal justice system …

Objectives: While terrorism studies were once castigated as atheoretical and unempirical,
criminology has been well suited to apply theories of crime to terrorism and to then test those …

This study systematically reviews the Situational Crime Prevention (SCP) and terrorism
literature published between 2006 and 2016. We examine several variables related to the …

The search for reliable risk factors is a staple among both scholars and policymakers
concerned with structuring interventions designed to reduce aggressive and violent …

Objectives The juvenile court was envisioned as a system of justice that would rehabilitate
and punish young offenders. However, studies have not directly measured or examined …

Objectives: The widespread use of camera surveillance in public places offers criminologists
the opportunity to systematically and unobtrusively observe crime, their main subject matter …