Social network analysis can help us understand more about the root causes of delinquent behavior and crime and provide … practical guidance for the design of crime prevention policies. To illustrate these points, we first present a selective review …

the police and to crime prevention measures. In this paper, we have elaborated upon some alternative explanatory factors … behaving rationally. Increased time and travelling costs for reporting, economic growth and a lower rate of solving crime could … all explain the development in the reported crime rate. Within this theoretical approach, the nominal crime rate could …

theory of crime, value and specialization. We conclude that burglars respond to damages that devaluate their prospective … earthquake decreased burglaries but left other crime types unaffected. The effect stays significant even after controlling for … takings. Yet, they cannot shift their specialization and substitute burglaries with other crime types. …