E.U. Migrant Criminal Activity: Exploring Spatial Diversity and Volume of Criminal Activity

Johnson, Derek (2014) E.U. Migrant Criminal Activity: Exploring Spatial Diversity and Volume of Criminal Activity. In: Northumbria Research Conference 2014, 21 - 22 May 2014, Northumbria University.

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Abstract

European Union expansion over the last decade has generated many studies, surpassed in number only by governmental comment and media headlines following this general theme. Issues and knowledge explored and expressed have been many, one being a hard to evidence crime-migration nexus leading to constructive empirical studies focusing on the accession to the EU of predominantly East European nations and ensuing migratory patterns. Appertaining to this study is geographic focus on crime committed by inter-EU migrants in England, resulting from holistic research of a contemporary EU statute concerning inter-state sharing of bio-informatics, seeking contextual knowledge to the benefit of policy makers. Presented here is the geography of inter-EU crime in England identifying spatial dispersion and regional areas of EU migrant criminal activity on a meso scale. The activity of individual nationalities is examined in a spatial manner displaying distinct differences in movements on a regional (meso) scale. Results improve on current knowledge of the criminality of inter-EU migrants but also identify and call for further research in a conceptual development as localised criminal activity draws an international investigatory perspective.

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