While most countries have experienced a crime drop in the last few decades, Mexico
experienced a dramatic increase in violent crime since the mid-2000s. In this paper, we test …

This article explores in which ways politicians' law-and-order rhetoric and citizens' attitudes
and concerns about crime engage with each other in European countries. The focus is on …

This paper investigates whether homicide rates among the European Union (EU) member
countries tend to converge over the period 1990 to 2018. We use the concept of β …

The goal of this study was to examine region-specific structural covariates of homicide rates
in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). LAC nations possess 8% of the global …

This article explores whether there was a universal increase in homicide victimization in
2014 to 2016 and 2019 to 2020. Although the United States observed increases in homicide …

Whilst most countries have experienced a crime drop in the last few decades, Mexico
experienced a dramatic increase in violent crime since the mid-2000s. In this paper, we test …

During the 1990s, the United States and other wealthy democracies experienced a decline
in homicide rates. However, not all nations shared this trend. Despite disparate homicide …

Unraveling the Crime-Development Nexus interrogates the claim that crime represents a
significant threat to economic development. Combining historical analysis with a unique …

Homicide is a significant public health issue that claims the lives of millions globally each
decade (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [UNODC], 2019). According to the …

Dit rapport brengt de resultaten van een onderzoeksproject van de afdeling Criminologie
van het Nationaal Instituut voor Criminalistiek en Criminologie (NICC). Het voorwerp van …