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

Peer reviewed articles (8)

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

‘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, 2023, ISSN 0193-841X
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X231204588

Mapping Police Officers’ Anticipated Experiences and Attitudes Towards Place-Based Big Data Policing This work is co-funded by the European Union (ERC-2022-COG, BIGDATPOL, 101088156). Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Author(s): Naomi Theinert, Thom Snaphaan, Robin Khalfa, Charlotte Vandenbrande, Marlies Sas, Wim Hardyns
Published in: European Journal of Policing Studies, Issue 8, 2025, ISSN 2034-760X
Publisher: Koninklijke Boom uitgevers
DOI: 10.5553/EJPS.000036

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

Comparing Machine Learning-Based Crime Predictions Across Micro-Geographic Units: Street Segments, Rectangular Grids, and Hexagonal Grids

Author(s): Robin Khalfa, Wim Hardyns
Published in: Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, Issue 18, 2025, ISSN 1874-463X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S12061-025-09683-1

Does crime (n)ever skip a beat? Analyzing crime heartbeats in a European city

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

On how population-at-risk estimates influence crime rates and predictions: Comparing residential and ambient-like estimates

Author(s): Robin Khalfa, Wim Hardyns
Published in: Applied Geography, Issue 185, 2025, ISSN 0143-6228
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.APGEOG.2025.103780

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

Book chapters (4)

Nieuwe Technologieën, Big Data En Politiewerk

Author(s): Thom Snaphaan and Wim Hardyns
Published in: Technologische hulpmiddelen bij opdrachten van bestuurlijke en gerechtelijke politie, 2025, ISBN 9789057530630
Publisher: Vanden Broele

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

Predicting Crime at Micro Places: Comparing Machine Learning Methods Across European Cities

Author(s): Robin Khalfa, Thom Snaphaan, Alina Ristea, Ourania Kounadi, Wim Hardyns
Published in: Geotechnologies and the Environment, New Research in Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies, 2025, ISSN 2365-0575
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-81580-5_5

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Predicting crime in place and time: comparing models, spatial context, data and interpretations

Author(s): Robin Khalfa
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Ghent University

Other (1)

Predicting crime in place and time: Comparing models, spatial context, data and interpretations. Doctoral Defence Booklet.

Author(s): Wim Hardyns, Robin Khalfa
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Ghent University