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NSCR, Nederlands Studiecentrum Criminaliteit en Rechtshandhaving

Prof. Wim Bernasco

Senior Researcher | Program Leader

Telephone:
+31(0)6 2958 6451
Email:
WBernasco@nscr.nl

Research areas

  • Spatial analysis of crime
  • Crime location choice
  • Offender mobility
  • Situational causes of crime
  • Research methods in criminology
  • Analysis of video footage of crime
  • Interactions between offenders, victims and bystanders

Involved in theme(s)

CV

2013-22 Endowed professor Spatial analysis of crime, VU University
2000-now Senior Researcher, NSCR
1999-00 Researcher, Research and Documentation Centre (WODC), Ministry of Justice and Security
1998-99 Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, Leiden University
1998 Researcher, Institute for Labour Studies (OSA)
1994-98 Postdoc, Department of Sociology, Utrecht University
1994 PhD degree in Social Science, Utrecht Universit
1989 MSc degree in Psychology (cum laude), Leiden University
1987-89 junior researcher, Department of Clinical Psychology, Leiden University

Publications

2026

D Birks; T Davies; S Ruiter; T C Hart; W Bernasco; M Townsley

Making environmental criminology smarter – A framework for directly measuring routine activities using passively collected geolocation data

Journal Article

A Moneva; W Bernasco; S G A Van de Weijer; B Volker; A Nivette

Attitudes and barriers to open science practices: A mixed-methods analysis at a criminological research institute

Journal Article

A Moneva; S Ruiter; W Bernasco

The topology of cyberspace and cybercrime journeys: a framework for analyzing online offender mobility

Journal Article

W Bernasco; K Kuralarasan; C Vandeviver

Choosing the right pond: Spatial clustering of street graffiti by visual complexity

Journal Article

2025

C Vandeviver; K Kumar; P J Brantingham; W Bernasco

Target Choices of Inner-City Illegal Taggers Demonstrate Consistency and Specificity

Journal Article

E Hoeben; W Bernasco

Beyond the Borders of the Residential Neighborhood: Unstructured Socializing, Collective Efficacy, and Adolescent Delinquency

Journal Article

W Bernasco

Signs on the wall? What can we learn from graffiti about the geography of crime?

Miscellaneous

L Liebst; W Bernasco; P Ejbye-Ernst; N van Herwijnen; T van der Veen; D Koelma; C G M Snoek; M R Lindegaard

Association Between Social Distancing Compliance and Public Place Crowding During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Computer Vision Analysis of Surveillance Footage

Journal Article

M Boone; W Bernasco

Inleiding

Journal Article

W Bernasco

Vertrouwen binnen de wetenschap

Journal Article

J Kroese; W Bernasco; J Rouwendal

CBS Microdata als goudmijn voor sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek

Book Chapter

W Bernasco

De tabellenpolitie

Book Chapter

2024

L van Reemst; J Thomas; M van Bruchem; C Gerritsen; W Bernasco; MR Lindegaard

Hoe handelen agenten bij conflicten tussen burgers? Een onderzoek op basis van video-opnames

Miscellaneous

S Curtis-Ham; W Bernasco; D Polaschek; O Medvedev

Familiar locations and similar activities: Examining the contributions of reliable and relevant knowledge in offenders’ crime location choices.

Journal Article

J Kroese; W Bernasco; A C Liefbroer; J Rouwendal

The Anticipatory, Short-Term, and Long-Term Effects of Parental Separation and Parental Death on Adolescent Delinquency

Journal Article

W Bernasco; Weijer Steve van de; S Ruiter

Criminaliteit gedaald maar overlast gestegen

Journal Article

L van Reemst; M van Bruchem; J Thomas; C Gerritsen; W Bernasco; M R Lindegaard

Hoe handelen agenten bij conflicten tussen burgers? Een onderzoek op basis van video-opnames.

Journal Article

M Schuilenburg; W Bernasco

Inleiding. Justitiële verkenningen

Journal Article

K Kuralarasan; W Bernasco; C Vandeviver

Graffiti Writers Choose Locations That Optimize Exposure

Journal Article

W Bernasco; M Boone; B van der Vecht

Inleiding

Journal Article

W Bernasco; B van der Vecht

Vijftig jaar Justitiële verkenningen: een gesprek met Hans Boutellier en Marit Scheepmaker

Journal Article

2023

W Bernasco

Discrete Spatial Choice Models

Book Chapter

2022

J Kroese; W Bernasco; A Liefbroer; J Rouwendal

Single-Parent Families and Adolescent Crime: Unpacking the Role of Parental Separation, Parental Decease, and Being Born to a Single-Parent Family

Journal Article

S Curtis-Ham; W Bernasco; O Medvedev; D Polaschek

A new Geographic Profiling Suspect Mapping And Ranking Technique for crime investigations: GP-SMART

Journal Article

W Bernasco

Desisting Distance Decay Again: Distance Does not Affect Whether and Where Adolescents Offend

Book Chapter

W Bernasco; E Hoeben; D Koelma; LS Liebst; J Thomas; J Appelman; C Snoek; MR Lindegaard

Promise Into Practice: Application of Computer Vision in Empirical Research on Social Distancing

Journal Article

S Curtis-Ham; W Bernasco; O Medvedev; D Polaschek

Relationships between offenders’ crime locations and different prior activity locations as recorded in police data

Journal Article

P Ejbye-Ernst; M R Lindegaard; W Bernasco

How to stop a fight—A qualitative video analysis of how third-parties de-escalate real-life interpersonal conflicts in public

Journal Article

W Bernasco; E Hoeben; D Koelma; LS Liebst; J Thomas; J Appelman; C Snoek; MR Lindegaard

Promise Into Practice: Application of Computer Vision in Empirical Research on Social Distancing

Journal Article

2021

S Curtis-Ham; W Bernasco; O Medvedev; D Polaschek

A national examination of the spatial extent and similarity of offenders’ activity spaces using police data

Journal Article

MR Lindegaard; W Bernasco; LS Liebst; E Hoeben; J Appelman; K Bijleveld; J Thomas; P Ejbye-Ernst; D Koelma; C Snoek; T van der Veen; N van Herwijnen

One Year of Social Distancing Behavior on the Streets of Amsterdam (pre-print, version I)

Miscellaneous

E Hoeben; W Bernasco; LS Liebst; C van Baak; MR Lindegaard

Social distancing compliance: A video observational analysis

Journal Article

LS Liebst; J Appelman; W Bernasco; E Hoeben; C Snoek; D Koelma; MR Lindegaard

Behavioral Compliance with Curfew Measure during Lockdown: Results of the NSCR Amsterdam Curfew Study (pre-print, version 3)

Miscellaneous

K Kuralarasan; W Bernasco

Location Choice of Snatching Offenders in Chennai City

Journal Article

P Ejbye-Ernst; MR Lindegaard; W Bernasco

Third Parties Mirror the Aggression of the Antagonists: A Video-Based Analysis of Third-Party Aggression in Interpersonal Conflicts

Journal Article

C Vandeviver; E Neirynck; W Bernasco

The foraging perspective in criminology: A review of research literature

Journal Article

S Curtis-Ham; W Bernasco; O Medvedev; D Polaschek

The Importance of Importance Sampling: Exploring Methods of Sampling from Alternatives in Discrete Choice Models of Crime Location Choice

Journal Article

MR Lindegaard; LS Liebst; R Philpot; M Levine; W Bernasco

Does Danger Level Affect Bystander Intervention in Real-Life Conflicts? Evidence From CCTV Footage

Journal Article

G Song; Y Zhang; W Bernasco; L Cai; L Liu; B Qin; P Chen

Residents, employees and visitors: Effects of three types of ambient population on theft on weekdays and weekends in Beijing, China

Journal Article

P Ejbye-Ernst; M R Lindegaard; W Bernasco

How to Stop a Fight - A Qualitative Video Analysis of How Third-parties De-escalate Real-life Interpersonal Conflicts in Public

Journal Article

2020

MR Lindegaard; E Hoeben; L van Reemst; C van Baak; W Bernasco

1,5 Barometer geeft inzicht in naleving coronaregels

Miscellaneous

J Kroese; W Bernasco; A Liefbroer; J Rouwendal

Growing up in single-parent families and the criminal involvement of adolescents: a systematic review

Journal Article

M Mahfoud; W Bernasco; S Bhulai; J van der Mei

Forecasting Spatio-Temporal Variation in Residential Burglary with the Integrated Laplace Approximation Framework: Effects of Crime Generators, Street Networks, and Prior Crimes

Journal Article

F Weerman; G Bruinsma; W Bernasco; L Pauwels

Wie zijn jeugdige veelplegers? Een onderzoek naar aantallen en kenmerken op basis van politieregistraties en zelfrapportage

Journal Article

M Vogel; E Hoeben; W Bernasco

Nearby Neighbourhood Influences on Adolescent Offending

Journal Article

P Ejbye-Ernst; MR Lindegaard; W Bernasco

A CCTV-based analysis of target selection by guardians intervening in interpersonal conflicts

Journal Article

S Curtis-Ham; W Bernasco; O Medvedev; D Polaschek

A framework for estimating crime location choice based on awareness space

Journal Article

W Bernasco; M Lammers; B Menting; S Ruiter

Are frequent offenders more difficult to find and less willing to participate? An analysis of unit non-response in an online survey among offenders

Journal Article

E Hoeben; W Bernasco; LS Liebst; C van Baak; MR Lindegaard

Social distancing compliance: A video observational analysis. Preprint

Journal Article

M Vogel; E M Hoeben; W Bernasco

Nearby neighborhood influences on adolescent offending

Journal Article

Recent contributions by Prof. Wim Bernasco