Intra‐Eu Migration and Crime: A Jigsaw to be Reckoned with
Journal: Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie
Year: 2017

Abstract The expansion of the EU has generated vast interest and debate about an alleged crime–migration nexus. The gradual disappearance of borders within the EU has created opportunities for easier people movement, and potentially for offenders to commit criminal offences in other countries. The authors have found that little work has been undertaken to understand the general nature of criminal activity by intra‐EU migrant populations. Data on localised offending by foreign nationals can be us