This paper revisits the classical issue of port-city relationships by applying for the first time network analytical … diminishing importance in world traffic, they have maintained their dominance in the network in terms of centrality and geographic …

Crime has historically been a local phenomenon. Most murder victims know their killers; most victims of child abuse … know their abusers; victims of theft often need not look beyond their own neighborhoods for the thieves. Crime is regulated … cases. Globalization is changing this in ways that have yet to be fully explored. Although crime as an event will always …

account for persistence in global homicides: crime, political instability and weapons import positively affect homicides …

. Insecurity dynamics are measured in terms of access to weapons, violent crime, perception of criminality and political …