Criminology
This research area examines the causes, correlates, and consequences of crime within and across societies. Research in this area examines broad questions assessing the social and developmental influences on crime over the life course, understanding spatial and temporal patterns of crime, and evaluating the effects of criminal justice policies on criminal and attitudinal outcomes.
In order to answer these questions, we use rigorous methods and innovative data, including prospective longitudinal surveys, ecological momentary assessment, and geo-located and daily crime event data. This research area maintains close ties to the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, and particularly its Evidence-Based Policing Programme.
A global analysis of the impact of COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions on crime
An examination on the extent to which stay-at-home restrictions in 27 cities in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia were associated with a change in levels of six types of police-recorded crime.
Is travel actually risky? A study of situational causes of victimization
A study on whether we are more at risk of experiencing crime while travelling than during other activities?