Criminology
Criminology
Criminological Perspectives on International Criminal Law
This volume is one of the few books to explain in-depth the international crimes behind the scenes of substantive or procedural law. The contributors place a particular focus on what – …
The relevance and application of empirical research methods to the study of international crimes
Introduction The international criminalization of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes has been followed by a vast amount of published work on the legal instruments and institutions dealing with – …
An examination of the links between international terrorism and transnational organized crime: moving beyond the factual nexus in Multi-Faceted Approach to Radicalization in Terrorist Organizations
Abstract: Transnational organized crime and terrorism have been viewed as distinct entities. However, much attention has been given in recent years on the complex linkages between the two phenomena and – …
“Networking in Child Exploitation – Assessing disruption strategies using registrant information
Plea Bargaining and the Trial Penalty in Canada
Liking and hyperlinking: Community detection in online child exploitation networks
The Dallas Patrol Management Experiment: Can AVL Technologies be Used to Harness Unallocated Patrol Time For Crime Prevention?
Do Stop, Question, and Frisk Practices Deter Crime? Evidence at Micro-Units of Space and Time
Street Profile Analysis: A New Method for Mapping Crime on Major Roadways
Police and Cameras
Global patterns of domestic cannabis cultivation: a comparison of sample characteristics and patterns of growing across eleven countries
To prevent the Existence of People Dedicated to Causing Trouble: Dirty Work, Social Control and Paramilitaries in Colombia
Hezbollah’s Global Tentacles: The Party of God’s Convergence with Transnational Organized Crime
Comment le jihadisme est-il devenu numérique ? Évolutions, tendances et ripostes,
Abstract: Twitter constitue un terrain de jeu de prédilection pour le groupe État islamique (EI) : espace de médiatisation, de revendication et de mobilisation. Depuis sa matrice de naissance afghane – …
Voices of the Caucasus Emirate: Mapping and analyzing North Caucasus insurgency websites.
Abstract: This article looks at Internet use by insurgent groups in the North Caucasus in the context of a regional diffusion of violence. Using a mixed methods research design that – …
Les violences motivées par la haine. Idéologies et modes d’action des extrémistes de droite au Canada
Abstract: Bien que les violences politiques soient, depuis le début du siècle, principalement abordées sous l’angle de l’extrémisme islamiste, les crimes motivés par la haine existaient au Canada bien avant – …
Lessons from conducting trans-national Internet-mediated participatory research with hidden populations of cannabis cultivators
Abstract Background: Internet-mediated research methods are increasingly used to access hidden populations. The International Cannabis Cultivation Questionnaire (ICCQ) is an online survey designed to facilitate international comparisons into the relatively – …
Social Network Analysis and ‘Dark’ Networks: An Analysis of the London Bombers and the Problem of ‘Fuzzy’ Boundaries
Abstract: Social network analysis (SNA) is believed to be capable of revealing significant insights into crime and terror groups, including identifying important individuals and unique approaches to disruption. However, SNA – …
Tendances violentes de la droite radicale au Canada: analyses chronologiques et facteurs d’influence
The lack of right-wing political parties at the national scale is, among other things, a reason why only a few studies have looked at the factors shaping farright violent incidents – …
A group-based recidivist sentencing premium? The role of context and cohort effects in the sentencing of terrorist offenders
Despite recent interest in terrorism little is known about the sentencing of terrorist offenders, and the impact of cohort effects on the sentencing patterns of offenders over the course of – …
Radicalism Leading to Violent Extremism in Canada: A Multi-Level Analysis of Muslim Community and University Based Student Leaders’ Perceptions and Experiences.
Recently, more than 150 Canadians have joined the Islamic State (IS) in the Middle East, causing alarm among both Canadian policy makers and the general citizenry. One of the most – …
(Dés)organisation et dynamiques identitaires du mouvement skinhead au Québec : une étude exploratoire
Canada’s National Counterterrorism Strategy and Challenges of Community Based Intervention in Countering Radicalization: A Perspective.
Place Matters: Criminology in the 21st Century
Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography and – …
Neighbourhood Effects on Fear of Crime in Canada
Fear of crime is a social problem with potentially serious consequences, including altering or restricting one’s behaviour. Changes to one’s routine for this purpose are known as constrained behaviours. Although – …
Advances in Research on Illicit Networks
Social network analysis finally reached a critical mass of scholars in the field of criminology. The proven track record of network theory and methods in fostering new advances in our – …
Social Networks, Terrorism, and Counter-Terrorism: Radical and Connected
This book examines two key themes in terrorism studies, the radicalization process and counter-terrorism policies, through the lens of social networks. The book aims to show that networks should be – …
Planning for the Worst: Olympic Security and Precautionary Governance
Security and Uncertainty in Contemporary Delayed-Return Cultures: Coping with the Blockage of Personal Goals
Why bother? Death, Failure, and Fatalistic Withdrawal from life
Threat and defense: From Anxiety to Approach
The social psychological literature on threat and defense is fragmented. Groups of researchers have focused on distinct threats, such as mortality, uncertainty, uncontrollability, or meaninglessness, and have developed separate theoretical – …
Study 1 of 3: A Qualitative Examination of Radicalization and Susceptibility to Radicalization
Correctional Service Canada (CSC) staff members recognize the complex, multi-faceted nature of radicalization, and are familiar with a wide range of behaviours indicative of radicalization or susceptibility to radicalization. Responses – …
Study 2 of 3: Comparisons of Radicalized and Non-Radicalized Federal Offenders
The identification of considerable differences between radicalized and non-radicalized offenders across a variety of areas suggests that the case management, supervision, and intervention strategies used for each group may need – …
Study 3 of 3: Estimating Susceptibility to Prison Radicalization
The ability to estimate which inmates may be more susceptible to radicalizing influences and potentially intervene with those individuals prior to them being exposed or converted to a radical ideology – …
Examining the Needs and Motivations of Canada’s Federally Incarcerated Radicalized Offenders
This study allowed for an enhanced understanding of the motivations and needs of radicalized offenders,Footnote 1 while providing the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) with further evidence that can be – …
Use of Programs and Interventions with Canada’s Federally Sentenced Radicalized Offenders
Bridging the Barrier: Israeli Unilateral Disengagement
The construction of the barrier separating Israel from the West Bank has become the site of one of the most heated controversies the world over, the source of virulent propaganda, – …
A Theory of Victimhood: Politics, Conflict and the Construction of Victim-Based Identity
What (and who) is a victim? In contemporary violent conflicts, the construction of grievance-based identity is a fundamentally contested process as the lines between victim and perpetrator are blurred by – …