The COVID-19 pandemic led to substantial changes in the daily activities of millions of Americans, with many businesses and schools closed, public events cancelled and states introducing stay-at-home orders. This article used police-recorded open crime data to understand how the frequency of common types of crime changed in 16 large cities across the United States…
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About the Crime Science format
Crime Science is a peer-reviewed journal published by BMC (BioMed Central), covering Crime Patterns and Interventions, Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance, Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies. Over its lifetime it has published 332 papers, which have received 7,977 citations.
| Publisher | BMC (BioMed Central) |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Numbered (Vancouver) Numbered — [1], [2] in the text 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Crime Science. 2023;12(3):45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Crime Patterns and Interventions Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis |
| ISSN | 2193-7680 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 2.94 |
| h-index | 48 |
| i10-index | 158 |
| Article processing charge | $1,214 |
| Open access | Yes — indexed in DOAJ |
| Top institutions publishing here | University College London |
| Journal website | link.springer.com |
| You get | A submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit. |
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Most-cited papers in Crime Science
There is a broad consensus that the Internet has greatly expanded possibilities for traditional transit crimes such as wildlife trafficking. However, the extent to which the Internet is exploited by criminals to carry out these types of activities and the way in which it has changed how these crimes are carried out remains under-investigated. Based…
Abstract Governments around the world restricted movement of people, using social distancing and lockdowns, to help stem the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. We examine crime effects for one UK police force area in comparison to 5-year averages. There is variation in the onset of change by crime type, some declining from the WHO ‘global pandemic’…
BACKGROUND: Cryptocurrency fraud has become a growing global concern, with various governments reporting an increase in the frequency of and losses from cryptocurrency scams. Despite increasing fraudulent activity involving cryptocurrencies, research on the potential of cryptocurrencies for fraud has not been examined in a systematic study. This review examines the current state of knowledge about…
Abstract A review was conducted to identify possible applications of artificial intelligence and related technologies in the perpetration of crime. The collected examples were used to devise an approximate taxonomy of criminal applications for the purpose of assessing their relative threat levels. The exercise culminated in a 2-day workshop on ‘AI & Future Crime’ with…