This report discusses principal causes and patterns of crime and violence; explains three theories of violence based on ideas, behaviors, and social interactions; and focuses on what distinguishes the communities that are more resilient to violence. Violence patterns have strong geographic,...

Domestic abuse is a pervasive global problem. Here we analyze two approaches to reducing violent DA recidivism. One involves charging the perpetrator with a crime; the other provides protective services to the victim on the basis of a formal risk assessment carried out by the police. We use...

This paper describes the result of two studies on the development of a methodology to measure organized crime. The purpose of these studies, tasked by the Belgian Federal Police and Minister for Justice, was to provide a concrete and knowledge-based framework for the drafting of annual reports...