Despite the good news, crime is still prevalent in most large cities. In the USA, the FBI reports that in 2013 there were about 3,098 crimes per 100,000 habitants, with 2,730 of them being property crimes and 367 violent. Unveiling the structure and the dynamics of criminal activity can lead to a better understanding of crime as a whole which in turn can help us provide better cities to our citizens. 

The understanding of crime activity has for a long time puzzled government officials, law-enforcement officers, and researchers. Law enforcement tends to be reactive and many times a step behind criminal activity. What if we could change this “game”? What if we could give the police an edge by making them understand criminal structure and perhaps prevent some activity before it takes place? 

This event has been put together to bring researchers from various fields including, criminology, sociology, physics, computer science, mathematics, law-enforcement to an open forum to discuss the role of Network Science in understanding the structure and dynamics of crime.