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Alternatives to Prison Detention in France: much ado about law, little about criminology KU Leuven
This article first sketches the political and social context in which the discussions about alternatives to detention in France are to be situated. It then analyses the existing alternatives by explaining their legal and criminological rationale and sources, and goes on providing a short evaluation of the alternatives to detention. It concludes with more information about alternatives to detention for specific categories of persons.
Two decades of European criminology : exploring the conferences of the European Society of Criminology through topic modelling Universiteit Gent
The foraging perspective in criminology : a review of research literature Universiteit Gent
In order to explain how crimes are carried out, and why at a particular place and time and against a specific target, crime studies increasingly harness theory from behavioural ecology, in particular Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT). However, an overview of their main findings does not exist. Given the growing focus on OFT as a behavioural framework for structuring crime research, in this article we review the extant OFT-inspired empirical crime ...
Corporate environmental responsibility and criminology Universiteit Gent
Interdisciplinary criminology Universiteit Gent
Harm: A Neglected Concept in Criminology, A Necessary Benchmark in Crime Policy KU Leuven
Despite the centrality of harm to crime and criminalization and increasing interest in harm as a basis for crime control policy, there has been little systematic reflection within criminology on criminal harms or their identification, evaluation, and comparison. In this paper, we consider the status of harm in crime control policy, arguing the centrality of harm to crime and providing evidence of the trend toward harm-based approach to crime ...
Harm: a Neglected Concept in Criminology, a Necessary Benchmark for Crime-Control Policy KU Leuven
Despite the centrality of harm to crime and criminalization and increasing interest in harm as a basis for crime-control policy, there has been little systematic reflection within criminology on criminal harms or their identification, evaluation, and comparison. In this paper, we review the literature on the harms of crime and related concepts, i.e., the perceived seriousness and cost of crime, impact of criminal victimization, and drug-related ...