Tom Vander Beken

TL;DR: In this article, the authors draw on the results of earlier studies in related fields and a handful of criminological studies to discuss how these online mapping applications can trigger new research questions, and how they could be considered a valuable methodological addition to criminology research.

TL;DR: The prevalence of male sexual victims and the causes that underlie the underrepresentation of this group in existing research and current policy are established by a critical interpretive synthesis of research papers, policy documents, and gray literature.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the results of two studies on the development of a methodology to measure organized crime and present a concrete and knowledge-based framework for the drafting of annual reports on organized crime that can give better answers to questions like ‘Is there much organized crime? Is the situation serious? Is it bad that there are more criminal groups now than in the past? Which criminal groups are the most dangerous?’.

TL;DR: As an increasingly popular alternative to prison sentences, electronic monitoring is assumed to generate fewer side effects and to be more humane than imprisonment as mentioned in this paper. But, while most research on electroni...

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how burglars select a target by relying on house-related attributes to optimize a combination of perceived rewards, efforts and risk, and show that terraced houses, houses without a garage, houses that have not been outfitted with a central heating and/or air conditioning system and houses nearby burglars' residences are more likely to be selected.