The topology of cyberspace and cybercrime journeys: a framework for analyzing online offender mobility [PDF]
Crime SciencePurpose This paper introduces a novel framework for analyzing online offender mobility. Methods Drawing on multidisciplinary insights, we extend two established criminological models for studying offline offending—the geometry of crime and crime journeys—
Asier Moneva, Stijn Ruiter, Wim Bernasco
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From storytelling to scripting: eight principles for deconstructing crime events [PDF]
Crime ScienceThis paper aims to improve crime script analysis, with a particular focus on breaking script stages into smaller, more precise steps. After outlining existing scripting methods, we then introduce eight principles designed to guide both the creation of ...
Hervé Borrion +8 more
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New Dynamics, New Opportunities: Trends in Organised Crime in Ukraine After Russia’s Invasion
LSE Public Policy Review, 2023 Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 reshaped the way organised crime operated within Ukraine and how it interacted with criminal interests in other countries, disrupting some forms of illicit business and generating new ...
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
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Cryptocurrencies and future financial crime
Crime Science, 2022 Background Cryptocurrency fraud has become a growing global concern, with various governments reporting an increase in the frequency of and losses from cryptocurrency scams.
Arianna Trozze +6 more
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Counterfeits on dark markets: a measurement between Jan-2014 and Sep-2015
Crime Science, 2023 Counterfeits harm consumers, governments, and intellectual property holders. They accounted for 3.3% of worldwide trades in 2016, having an estimated value of $509 billion in the same year.
Felix Soldner +2 more
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The effect of GPS refresh rate on measuring police patrol in micro-places
Crime Science, 2021 With the increasing prevalence of police interventions implemented in micro hot-spots of crime, the accuracy with which officer foot patrols can be measured is increasingly important for the robust evaluation of such strategies.
Oliver K. Hutt +2 more
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Glock Marking Barrels – An Evaluation of Individual and Subclass Characteristics
Теория и практика судебной экспертизы, 2021 Glock Inc. recently replaced the Enhanced Bullet Identification System (EBIS) with what Glock refers to as the Glock Marking Barrel. Casts and test fired bullets from thirty-five Glock Marking Barrels were evaluated for subclass and individual ...
O. Felix, J. Palma, T. Wharton
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Understanding the rise of fraud in England and Wales through field theory: Blip or flip?
Journal of Economic Criminology, 2023 There is a debate at the highest levels of government and civil society over whether the rise in fraud is a blip exacerbated by the pandemic or a more fundamental transformation (or flip) in the structure of crime.
Mark Button +3 more
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A systematic review of tagging as a method to reduce theft in retail environments
Crime Science, 2017 Background Retailers routinely use security tags to reduce theft. Presently, however, there has been no attempt to systematically review the literature on security tags.
Aiden Sidebottom +5 more
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A systematic review protocol for crime trends facilitated by synthetic biology
Systematic Reviews, 2020 Background When new technologies are developed, it is common for their crime and security implications to be overlooked or given inadequate attention, which can lead to a ‘crime harvest’.
Mariam Elgabry +2 more
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