Disasters and Crime

Most research on crime and disaster centers on physical violence. This session, recognizing the extraordinary growth in contemporary social science multidisciplinary interest in the importance of white-collar crimes and disasters, is devoted to the presentation of the theoretical and empirical studies of the causes, conditions and all other dimensions relevant to understanding the link between disasters and crime. White collar crimes include disaster fraud, land grabs and backdoor deals that displace local populations, and other relevant topics. How is white collar crime portrayed by the media? What defines disaster fraud? How is disaster crime risk conveyed to the public? Historical, anthropological, cross-cultural, transdisciplinary and computer simulation studies of the crime-disaster link are especially welcome.