Towards an evidence-based model for big data policing: Evaluating the statistical-methodological, criminological and legal and ethical conditions

Project Information

BIGDATPOL

Grant agreement ID: 101088156

DOI

10.3030/101088156

EC signature date 14 April 2023

Start date 1 September 2023

End date 31 August 2028

Funded under

• European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 972 500,00

EU contribution

€ 1 972 500,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT GENT
Belgium

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Publications

Other (23)

Presentation: Een overzicht van studies naar de evaluatie van Intelligence-Led Policing

Author(s): Robin Khalfa and Wim Hardyns
Published in: CPS-studiedag: Intelligence-Led Policing anno 2023, Abstracts, 2023
Publisher: Centre for Policing and Security vzw

BIGDATPOL: Big data policing in Europe

Author(s): Hardyns, Wim; Snaphaan, Thom; Khalfa, Robin; Theinert, Naomi; Claessens, Inge
Published in: Research Day Law and Criminology 2024, 2024
Publisher: Ghent University
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13985873

Presentation: Place-based big data policing : an experimental pilot test in a medium-sized Belgian police department

Author(s): Robin Khalfa and Wim Hardyns
Published in: NVC Congres 2024, Abstracts, 2024
Publisher: NVC

Presentation: De ontwikkeling van een evidence-based model voor big data policing

Author(s): Thom Snaphaan, Mark Crispel, Robin Khalfa and Wim Hardyns
Published in: Evidence-Based Policing in de Praktijk, Abstracts, 2024
Publisher: Nederlands Studiecentrum Criminaliteit en Rechtshandhaving (NSCR) and the Society of Evidence-Based Policing Nederland

Presentation 'From human intervention to meaningful human oversight: mapping the opportunities and pitfalls in the decision-making process of place-based big data policing'

Author(s): Naomi Theinert, Robin Khalfa and Wim Hardyns
Published in: 17th conference on Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP), 2024
Publisher: Ghent University

Presentation: Comparing patterns in car theft across different built environments

Author(s): Craig D. Uchida, P. Jeffrey Brantingham, Shellie Solomon, Robin Khalfa and Wim Hardyns
Published in: EUROCRIM 2024, 24th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Book of Abstracts, 2024
Publisher: ESC

Presentation: Evaluating Big Data Policing : The Development of a Comprehensive Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation Framework

Author(s): Marlies Sas, Thom Snaphaan and Wim Hardyns
Published in: EUROCRIM 2024, 24th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Book of Abstracts, 2024
Publisher: ESC

Presentation: Predicting crime at micro-places : comparing crime prediction methods across European cities

Author(s): Robin Khalfa, Thom Snaphaan, Alina Ristea, Ourania Kounadi and Wim Hardyns
Published in: EUROCRIM 2023, 23rd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Abstracts, 2023
Publisher: ESC

Presentation: Big data policing : de implicaties van digitalisering en maatschappelijke dataficatie op de politiefunctie en het politiewerk

Author(s): Robin Khalfa, Thom Snaphaan, Oscar Wijsman, Wouter Landman Wim Hardyns
Published in: Studiedag Politiefunctie Abstracts, 2024
Publisher: TvV

Presentation: Exploring explainability in big data policing : identifying feature importance in decision-making models

Author(s): Naomi Theinert, Robin Khalfa and Wim Hardyns
Published in: EUROCRIM 2024, 24th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Book of Abstracts, 2024
Publisher: ESC

Presentation: The BIGDATPOL program : an introduction

Author(s): Wim Hardyns and Inge Claessens
Published in: EUROCRIM 2024, 24th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Book of Abstracts, 2024
Publisher: ESC

Presentation: Scoping review of cost-benefit analysis in crime prevention programs

Author(s): Charlotte Vandenbrande and Wim Hardyns
Published in: SBCA 2024 European Conference, 2024
Publisher: Ghent University

An algorithmic strategy for measuring police presence with GPS data

Author(s): Robin Khalfa; Thom Snaphaan; Wim Hardyns
Published in: Crime Science, 2024
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.21428/cb6ab371.c8c9f541

Presentation 'Innovaties in big data policing en het voorspellen van criminaliteit'

Author(s): Wim Hardyns, Charlotte Vandenbrande, Robin Khalfa and Thom Snaphaan
Published in: PAULO Innovatiedag, 2024
Publisher: Ghent University

Presentation: Attitudes of police officers towards big data policing

Author(s): Charlotte Vandenbrande and Wim Hardyns
Published in: EUROCRIM 2024, 24th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Book of Abstracts, 2024
Publisher: ESC

Presentation: Big data policing : the implications of digitization, digitalization and societal datafication on policing

Author(s): Thom Snaphaan, Robin Khalfa and Wim Hardyns
Published in: NVC Congres 2024, Abstracts, 2024
Publisher: NVC

Presentation: BIGDATPOL : de ontwikkeling van een evidence-based big data policing model

Author(s): Wim Hardyns, Arne Dormaels and Robin Khalfa
Published in: (2024) Artificiële intelligentie : uitdagingen en kansen voor de politie?, 2024
Publisher: Ghent University

Poster presentation: BIGDATPOL : big data policing in Europe

Author(s): Wim Hardyns and Inge Claessens
Published in: EUROCRIM 2024, 24th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Book of Abstracts, 2024
Publisher: ESC

Presentation: Towards an evidence-based model for big data policing: Evaluating the statistical-methodological, criminological and legal and ethical conditions

Author(s): Thom Snaphaan, Robin Khalfa, Oscar Wijsman and Wim Hardyns
Published in: De Nederlandse Veiligheidsagenda 2023-2026 : Belgische en Nederlandse academische perspectieven, 2023
Publisher: Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid, Nederland

Presentation 'scoping review evaluating big data policing’s secondary effects and intersection with community policing principles and participation'

Author(s): Charlotte Vandenbrande, Naomi Theinert and Wim Hardyns
Published in: NVC Conference, 2024
Publisher: Ghent University

Presentation 'From human intervention to meaningful human oversight? Mapping the opportunities and constraints in the decision-making process of place-based big data policing'

Author(s): Robin Khalfa, Naomi Theinert and Wim Hardyns
Published in: Conference AI-Experiences and Public Safety., 2024
Publisher: Ghent University

Presentation: A temporal analysis of crime concentrations in micro-places and the ambient population

Author(s): Robin Khalfa, Thom Snaphaan, Rafael Prieto-Curiel and Wim Hardyns
Published in: EUROCRIM 2024, 24th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Book of Abstracts, 2024
Publisher: ESC

Presentation: Towards an evidence-based big data policing model

Author(s): Wim Hardyns, Robin Khalfa, Arne Dormaels and Kevin Laleman
Published in: Studiedag VVSG, 2024
Publisher: Ghent University

Peer reviewed articles (14)

An algorithmic strategy for measuring police presence with GPS data

Author(s): Robin Khalfa; Thom Snaphaan; Wim Hardyns
Published in: Crime Science, Issue 13, 2024, ISSN 2193-7680
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.21428/CB6AB371.C8C9F541

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Author(s): Snaphaan, Thom; Hardyns, Wim; Pauwels, Lieven J.R.; Bowers, Kate
Published in: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2024, ISSN 0198-9715
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/J.COMPENVURBSYS.2024.102088

Comparing XAI techniques for interpreting short-term burglary predictions at micro-places

Author(s): Robin Khalfa; Naomi Theinert; Wim Hardyns
Published in: Computational Urban Science, 2025, ISSN 2730-6852
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/S43762-025-00185-X

Hoe mobiele-telefoondata bijdragen aan de verbetering van criminaliteitsratio’s en de voorspelling van criminaliteit in tijd en ruimte

Author(s): Thom Snaphaan, Anneleen Rummens, Nico Van de Weghe, Dirk Van den Poel, Lieven Pauwels, Wim Hardyns
Published in: Tijdschrift voor Veiligheid, Issue 22, 2024, ISSN 1872-7948
Publisher: Koninklijke Boom uitgevers
DOI: 10.5553/TvV/.000063

Big data policing: de implicaties van digitalisering en maatschappelijke dataficatie voor de politiefunctie en het politiewerk

Author(s): Robin Khalfa, Thom Snaphaan, Oscar Wijsman, Wouter Landman, Wim Hardyns
Published in: Tijdschrift voor Veiligheid, Issue 23, 2024, ISSN 1872-7948
Publisher: Koninklijke Boom uitgevers
DOI: 10.5553/TvV/.000070

Crime within a Bandwidth: Testing “the Law of Crime Concentration at Place” in Brussels

Author(s): Robin Khalfa, Thom Snaphaan, Lieven Pauwels, Ourania Kounadi, Wim Hardyns
Published in: European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 2023, ISSN 0928-1371
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-023-09556-8

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Author(s): Robin Khalfa; Wim Hardyns
Published in: Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 2025, ISSN 1874-463X
Publisher: Springer Nature Link
DOI: 10.1007/S12061-025-09683-1

Rating places and crime prevention: Exploring user-generated ratings to assess place management

Author(s): Thom Snaphaan, Wim Hardyns, Lieven J.R. Pauwels, Kate Bowers
Published in: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Issue 109, 2024, ISSN 0198-9715
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2024.102088

Expanding the methodological toolkit of criminology and criminal justice with the Total Error Framework

Author(s): Thom Snaphaan, Wim Hardyns, Lieven J. R. Pauwels
Published in: Journal of Crime and Justice, Issue 47, 2024, ISSN 0735-648X
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2022.2114099

An algorithmic strategy for measuring police presence with GPS data

Author(s): Robin Khalfa, Thom Snaphaan, Wim Hardyns
Published in: Crime Science, Issue 13, 2024, ISSN 2193-7680
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1186/s40163-024-00221-x

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Author(s): Robin Khalfa; Thom Snaphaan; Lieven Pauwels; Ourania Kounadi; Wim Hardyns
Published in: European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 2023, ISSN 0928-1371
Publisher: Springer Nature Link
DOI: 10.21428/CB6AB371.30758EAB

Big data policing: de implicaties van digitalisering en maatschappelijke dataficatie voor de politiefunctie en het politiewerk

Author(s): Khalfa, Robin; Snaphaan, Thom; Wijsman, Oscar; Landman, Wouter; Hardyns, Wim
Published in: Tijdschrift voor Veiligheid, Issue 23, 2024, ISSN 1872-7948
Publisher: Koninklijke Boom uitgevers
DOI: 10.5553/TVV/.000070

‘Led by Intelligence': A Scoping Review on the Experimental Evaluation of Intelligence-Led Policing

Author(s): Robin Khalfa, Wim Hardyns
Published in: Evaluation Review, Issue 48, 2024, ISSN 0193-841X
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X231204588

Time and Society

Author(s): Robin Khalfa; Thom Snaphaan; Rafael Prieto-Curiel; Wim Hardyns
Published in: Time & Society, 2025, ISSN 0961-463X
Publisher: Sage
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X251358586

Book chapters (2)

From Human Agency to Meaningful Human Oversight? Mapping the Opportunities and Pitfalls in the Decision-Making Process of Place-Based Big Data Policing

Author(s): Naomi Theinert, Robin Khalfa, Wim Hardyns
Published in: Data protection, privacy and artificial intelligence, volume 17 : to govern or to be governed, that is the question, Issue 17, 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Big data en Community Oriented Policing : naar een geïntegreerde toekomst

Author(s): Wim Hardyns, Marlies Sas, Charlotte Vandenbrande, Robin Khalfa
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Politeia

Conference proceedings (1)

BIGDATPOL: Big data policing in Europe

Author(s): Hardyns, Wim; Snaphaan, Thom; Khalfa, Robin; Theinert, Naomi; Claessens, Inge
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13985873