{"id":4670,"date":"2024-06-17T09:01:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T07:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crimina.umh.es\/?page_id=4670"},"modified":"2024-06-17T10:08:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T08:08:46","slug":"lineas-de-investigacion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crimina.umh.es\/en\/lineas-de-investigacion\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00edneas de Investigaci\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As a university research center affiliated with the Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University, a modern university renowned for its research capabilities, as evidenced by numerous rankings placing it among the top three Spanish universities in scientific productivity per professor, Cr\u00edmina has undertaken numerous scientific projects. The outcomes of these projects have been applied to improving security and have been presented at major national and international conferences.<\/p>\n

Thus, Cr\u00edmina’s primary objective is the development of research studies on various aspects of crime: from its forms and typologies to its effects on victims, including the analysis of its specific manifestations in certain spatial-temporal coordinates.
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One of the criminology principles that has received significant empirical support over the past decades is the idea that crime does not distribute randomly in space and time but rather follows identifiable patterns. When people converge at specific times and places during their daily activities, crime opportunities are created. These opportunities, when concentrated disproportionately, form crime hot spots. Besides the everyday convergence of people and objects, certain places favor the concentration of crime, such as those offering especially attractive criminal opportunities or those that promote massive convergence of people.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


This tendency for concentration in a few places has been observed in many crimes and different contexts, leading to this phenomenon being regarded as a scientific law. The Law of Crime Concentration forms the basis for guiding police strategies and implementing control systems in reduced geographic areas most efficiently. At Cr\u00edmina, we investigate the spatiotemporal patterns of various crimes to provide solutions that allow for the distribution of preventive resources in the times and places with the highest risk of harboring crimes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


To perform this task most effectively, we use computer software that incorporates Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and specialized geographic risk analysis tools like Risk Terrain Modelling (RTM). This enables us to create crime maps to communicate our most important findings clearly and rigorously. Some research initiatives related to this line include the MapvVial and Riskment projects.
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Technological advancement has transformed the way we interact. Much of our routine has gradually moved to cyberspace, a digital environment where we interact with other people and information. We now shop online, telework, play games with strangers online, and post personal information on our social media. This paradigm shift has created criminal opportunities in an environment where space and time are different, leading to the emergence of new cybercrimes (e.g., hacking) and transforming existing crimes (e.g., fraud).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


At Cr\u00edmina, we investigate the impact of technologies on people’s daily lives to identify the factors that determine the emergence of criminal opportunities in cyberspace. Our ultimate goal is to guide the best evidence-based strategies to prevent cybercrime. Given the challenge of collecting quality data on cybercrime, we have designed survey-based research and utilized data provided by social media platforms through their Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). These primary data sources provide the necessary foundation to answer novel research questions that place us at the forefront of cybercrime research from the human factor perspective.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


Some of the research initiatives in this line include the Cibercriminalidad, CiberHache, CiberApp, and Saf_e projects.
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[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Economic and Organized Crime” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″]This research line focuses on the study of economic and business criminal law, as well as organized crime, from a legal and criminological perspective. Its approach encompasses several aspects:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n