RT Article
T1 Exploring definitions of serious crime in EU policy documents and academic publications: a content analysis and policy implications
JF European journal on criminal policy and research
VO 23
IS 3
SP 269
OP 285
A1 Paoli, Letizia 1966-
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1565820347
AB In recent years the term “serious crime” has gained prominence in EU policy on internal security. This article analyzes how the EU policy and scientific communities have conceptualized and operationalized the term. Through a content analysis, it evaluates the articulation and use of “serious crime” in EU policy documents published from 1995–2013 and scientific articles published from 2004–13 that include the term (n = 93 and n = 104, respectively). The analysis demonstrates deficits of conceptualization and operationalization and a correspondingly weak foundation for policy. While the EU’s increasing emphasis on serious crime could represent an opportunity to improve the accountability of EU crime control policies, it is up to academics and policy-makers to address these deficits.
K1 EU crime control policy
K1 Europol
K1 Harm
K1 Internal security
K1 Organized crime
K1 Serious crime
K1 SOCTA
K1 Innere Sicherheit
K1 Organisierte Kriminalität
DO 10.1007/s10610-016-9333-y