Abstract We explore the relation between immigration, crime, and local government spending on security in Italian municipalities. find that immigration increases share of public resources devoted to police protection, particularly when migrants are culturally distant from native population. uncover a misalignment perception reality, as is associated fear future crimes rather than actual probabi...

The crime-terror nexus includes two independent, but related, components. First, it incorporates the straightforward involvement in criminal activities by terrorists as a source of funding, and second, it refers to the linkages between organized criminal organizations and terrorist groups. Indeed, the criminal and political organizations appear to be learning from each other, adopting each othe...

Eleven years of financial loss data from the CSI annual Computer Crime and Security surveys have been analysed to discover whether or not they obey some form of power law relationship. Evidence is adduced for the existence of both single and double power laws, and their characteristic exponents are determined, together with various statistical and probabilistic reliability measures. The finding...

Studies have consistently found that safety and security are major public concerns; however, crime is rarely considered as an outcome in public health. The recent shift by planning policy towards promoting compact, 'walkable' communities close to public transport aims to redress many of the problems associated with urban sprawl. However, communities that do not feel safe are less likely to be a...

The article is devoted to the study of information security against threats transnational organized crime. Organized crime a potential and major threat national our country. relevance research topic determined by fact that not only potential, but also real security, state sovereignty, provision human citizen rights freedoms. Transnational phenomenon limited borders one state, affects global hum...