With the huge growth in computer connectivity and usage over the last decade there has never been such a wealth of opportunity for prospective criminals. While motives tend not to change, the variety and number of opportunities for cyber crime are constantly growing (Grabosky, 2000). Given the increase in computer and internet-based crime, it is surprising to note that “there have been very few...

For several decades, mainstream criminology has been dominated by sociological and political perspectives. Although findings from these fields must not be discarded or underplayed, considered alone, they do not offer a complete assessment of the contributions to criminal behavior. Data currently being generated from numerous behavioral sciences, such as behavioral genetics, physiological psycho...

What is European criminology about? Through topic modelling, we investigate the content of 11,724 presentations held at annual conferences Society Criminology, largest and most influential professional association in Europe for those who are actively engaged research, teaching, and/or practice criminology, from 2001 to 2019. We extract 50 topics identify top contributing institutions countries ...