Zarafonitou Ch., Karagiannidis Ch., Kontopoulou E. Urban Crime -An International Journal, Vol 5 No3, 2024, pp. 4-37

This paper sets its focal point on local crime prevention policies and their methodological context. It combines theoretical exploration with empirical research to achieve an analysis and valuation of the preventive actions based on a community-centered crime prevention approach.

Zarafonitou Ch., Kontopoulou E., Anitsi, E., Kalamaras D., Urban Crime -An International Journal, Vol 3 No 2, 2022, pp. 4-32

The Covid-19 pandemic that emerged in the beginning of 2020 has been a massive health crisis causing tremendous consequences in all sectors of everyday human life. In this context, it is assumed that such a health crisis along with the imposition of the various restrictive measures to reduce the spread of the virus, have had a profound impact on crime and fear of crime worldwide.

Zarafonitou Ch. & Kontopoulou E., Urban Crime -An International Journal, Vol. I No 1 June 2020, pp. 3-33

Environmental factors are of crucial importance for the study of the criminal phenomenon. Within the scientific field of Environmental Criminology, the criminological interest is not limited in the study of victimisation and criminality, but it is also extended to fear of crime and insecurity in the urban environment.