Full Description
This open access book critically revisits 30 years of debate surrounding the evolution of crime trends, aiming to reconcile various hypotheses and controversies. It scrutinizes the concept of the "crime drop," highlighting the methodological pitfalls in understanding the causation mechanisms behind this phenomenon. By examining the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on daily routines and crime, the book challenges traditional notions of crime reduction.
Drawing on extensive examples, data from official and non-official statistics, and crime surveys, this book illustrates how cyberspace has fundamentally reshaped the nature of crime. Despite this transformation, integrating cybercrime into conventional crime statistics remains an unaccomplished task. The book offers a thorough methodological discussion on measuring cybercrime, addressing the challenges researchers face in quantifying and explaining crimes committed both in cyberspace and across physical and digital boundaries.
This book speaks to students, academics, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of criminology, criminal justice, and cybercrime. It is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of modern crime trends and the challenges posed by the digital age.
Contents
Chapter 1 The Roots and Ramifications of Criminology's Progressive Ethos: Navigating Theory, Practice, and Politics.- Chapter 2 A narrative review of the debate on the so-called international crime drop.- Chapter 3 Digitalization, social change and crime trends: a literature review to build a conjecture.- Chapter 4 Crime Opportunities, Lockdowns, and online video Games: the digital leisure hypothesis (and more on the impact of digitalisation on crime trends).- Chapter 5 Observing, Measuring, and Researching Cybercrime: A scoping review of systematic reviews since 2000.
