Covid-19, Society and Crime in Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. East and Central Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis and Its Impact on Crime Rates in Bulgaria

      • Atanas Rusev, Tihomir Bezlov

      Pages 3-22

   3. COVID-19 and Crime in Serbia

      • Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović

      Pages 23-42

   4. Pandemic and Infodemic in Lithuania

      • Aleksandras Dobryninas

      Pages 43-62

   5. Crime, Law Enforcement and Rule of Law in Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poland

      • Krzysztof Krajewski

      Pages 63-80

   6. COVID-19, Crime and Social Control in Slovenia

      • Gorazd Meško, Iza Kokoravec

      Pages 81-98

   7. Influence of COVID-19 Pandemic on Social Control, Crime Patterns and Life in Prison in Hungary

      • Klára Kerezsi, Miklós Lévay, János Szabó, Zsófia Ivanics

      Pages 99-118

3. South Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119

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   2. Crime, Criminal Policy and Social Reactions in Greece in the Era of COVID-19

      • Christina Zarafonitou, Eleni Kontopoulou, Elli Anitsi

      Pages 121-139

   3. The COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: The Effects on Society and Crime

      • Stefano Becucci

      Pages 141-158

   4. Social and Criminal Impact of COVID-19 in Spain

      • Andrea Giménez-Salinas Framis

      Pages 159-176

   5. How Did the Pandemics Shape Crime and Justice in Portugal?

      • Rita Faria, Jorge Quintas, Pedro Sousa

      Pages 177-193

4. West and North Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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   2. The COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany: Prevention Measures, Protest and the Impact on Crime Rates

      • Julia Habermann, Louisa Zech

      Pages 197-220

   3. COVID-19: Policies, Trust and Crime in the Netherlands

      • Dina Siegel

      Pages 221-238

   4. Patterns of Crime During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Belgium

      • Wim Hardyns, Janneke M. Schokkenbroek, Evelyn Schapansky, Ines Keygnaert, Koen Ponnet, Christophe Vandeviver

      Pages 239-258

   5. Violent Crime in Finland During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

      • Janne Kivivuori, Katri Kärkkäinen

      Pages 259-278

   6. Violent Crime and COVID-19 in England and Wales

      • Timothy Peter Martin Lowe, Lewis Prescott-Mayling, Stan Gilmour, Felia Allum

      Pages 279-294

   7. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Crime in Switzerland in 2020: A First Assessment

      • Daniel Fink, Natalia Delgrande, Christine Burkhardt, Marcelo F. Aebi, Stefano Caneppele

      Pages 295-310

This volume analyzes the development of the reactions to Covid-19 by governments, the public and the crime patterns in 16 European countries.  All countries are members of the European Union and share common European norms and values, but the Covid-19 pandemic can serve as an example of how these norms and values are interpreted differently with regard to people’s trust in public institutions, governmental control strategies, dealing with fear, anxiety and other emotional responses to the new virus, crime patterns and law enforcement priorities to prevent and combat them. The volume provides empirical data based on available statistics, media analysis and qualitative data from interviews and observations, and examines the similarities and differences in crime patterns and the consequences for local communities and law enforcement priorities. 

• covid-19 pandemic
• crime during the pandemic
• risks and harms
• anti-COVID-19 policies
• organized crime during COVID-19

• Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  Dina Siegel

• Institute of Sociology and Social Work, Vilnius University, Vilinuis, Lithuania

  Aleksandras Dobryninas

• Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy

  Stefano Becucci

Dina Siegel is Professor of Criminology and Head of the department of Criminology at the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. She has conducted research and published on crimes of mobility, transnational organized crime, Russian Mafia, human smuggling, human trafficking, the role of women in organized crime, green and cultural criminology.

Aleksandras Dobryninas is the professor of Sociology, Chair of the Department of Criminology at the Institute of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University. His research interests include theoretical aspects of criminological knowledge, corruption, violent crime, media and crime, public attitude towards criminal justice.

Stefano Becucci is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Florence. His research interests are on forms of inclusion and exclusion of migrants in the new society, smuggling and trafficking of human beings and organized crime in Italy and in other European countries.