Natural disasters often result in fatalities, injuries, diseases and other negative physical and
mental health effects. Indirectly, disasters can result in social grievances and resource …

Over the past ten years, the study of environmental harm and 'crimes against nature'has
become an increasingly popular area of research amongst criminologists. This book …

After providing an overview of climate change and its effects, this article draws on the
leading crime theories to discuss the potential impact of climate change on crime. It is …

The failures of governments in emergency‐management‐related activities have highlighted
the importance of how corporations engage in the response, recovery, planning, and …

A nuclear detonation in a US city would have profound psychological, social, and behavioral
effects. This article reviews the scientific literature on human responses to radiation incidents …

This paper reexamines the link between disasters and crime to argue that the relationship
between the two becomes more evident once the diachronic nature of the disaster is …

More than five years have passed since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, yet
images from Katrina's aftermath continue to haunt the American mind. Many of the most …

Previous studies used the strain, rational choice, or routine activities approach to explain
changes in crime levels after the COVID-19 pandemic. Observed changes have not always …

Abstract On April 16, 2007, a gunman attacked the Virginia Tech (VT) campus killing 32
people, wounding 17 others, and tearing at the social fabric of the community. The deadliest …

This paper considers the interrelationship between residential occupancy status, blight, and
crime. An analytical frame is provided for a fine-scale analysis that is sufficiently flexible to …