The analysis of violence is an important part of sociology. While it has sometimes been
pushed to the margins of sociology, nevertheless, violence emerges repeatedly in the …

Homicide rates are often used as an indicator of levels of crime. The reasons for this are
both practical and conceptual. Practically speaking, homicide statistics tend to be more …

Cross-national research has increased in the past few decades, resulting in a large body of
empirical research. In particular, cross-national studies are often limited in data sources …

Objectives This article explores the merits of commercially-based survey data on crime
through cross-validation with established crime metrics. Methods Using unpublished data …

There is considerable variation in public trust towards the police in different European
countries. Through multilevel analysis, the article explores what lies behind this variation. It …

We examine the relationship between income inequality, poverty, and different types of
crime. Our results are consistent with recent research in showing that inequality is unrelated …

Sociological and criminological views of domestic and gender‐based violence generally
either dismiss it as not worthy of consideration, or focus on specific groups of offenders and …

In the present analysis, we test the dual systems model of adolescent risk taking in a cross-
national sample of over 5,200 individuals aged 10 through 30 (M= 17.05 years, SD= 5.91) …

As an introduction to the papers of this special issue on Consequences of Economic
Inequality we first underline with a simple empirical exercise the relevance of studying the …

Obtaining citizens' voluntary compliance with political decisions is a fundamental democratic
challenge. Fair treatment by public officials plays a key role in theoretical and empirical …