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Under review
Journal articles
Buil-Gil, D., Birkbeck, C., Enzmann, D., Arbach, K., Bazon, M. R., Budimlić, M., … Marshall, I. H. (under review). Unstructured Spare Time as an International Predictor of Adolescent Crime
Buil-Gil, D., & Pease, K. (under review). Unstructured Spare Time and Crime: Toward an Integrative Model
Sheppard, J., Buil-Gil, D., Jacques, S., Aldridge, J. (under review). ‘It’s Inevitable that Open Access will Simply Expand’: Key Considerations for the Growth of Open Access Hubs
2026
Journal articles
Buil-Gil, D., Pina-Sánchez, J., & Aebi, M. F. (2026). The Effect of Counting Rules on Cross-National Comparisons of Homicide. Social Indicators Research, 181(44)
Tura, F., Buil-Gil, D., Adeniyi, O. (2026). Measuring Recurrent Victimization: Evaluating Operationalization Strategies and Predictors Using the Crime Survey for England and Wales. Evidence Base
2025
Journal articles
Buil-Gil, D. (2025). The Structure of Unstructured Time and Crime: A Spare Time Model. The British Journal of Criminology
Uzelac, G., Buil-Gil, D., Hohl, K., Lovett, J. (2025). The Meaning of Missing: The Hidden Power of Police Data Recording Practices in Rape Cases. Violence Against Women
Buil-Gil, D., Huey, L. (2025). Calling the police: theoretical insights and practical implications. Crime Science, 14, 13
Grant, S., Buil-Gil, D. (2025). The Effect of True Crime Docuseries on Romance Fraud Reporting to the Police. Crime Science, 14(1)
Nicholson, J., Syke Lukins, R., Coventry, L., Buil-Gil, D., Kuenzel, S., Blackwell, R., Zakhary, S., Tilley, D. (2025). ‘I Need to Be Convinced that I Need to Become Smart’: Older Adults Views on Consumer Products with Internet Connectivity. Journal of Risk Research, 28(2), 169-176
Reports, blog posts and other publications
Buil-Gil, D., & Pease, K. (2025). From School Absences to Crime Involvement. Data Insight, ADR UK
Buil-Gil, D. (2025, February). School Absences, Deprivation, and Crime Involvement – Or the Egg, the Farmer, and the Chicken. ADR UK blog
Buil-Gil, D., & Skardhamar, T. (2025, September). Reduce the Costs and Increase the Benefits of Open Science. European Network for Open Criminology
Miro Llinares, F., & Buil-Gil, D. (2025). Yet another problem for scholarly communication in criminology: The case of a Spanish journal turned into a paper mill. British Society of Criminology Newsletter
Podcasts and interviews
Office for Open Research, February 2025 – “CrimRxiv”
2024
Books
Huey, L., Buil-Gil, D. (Eds) (2024). The Crime Data Handbook. Bristol: Bristol University Press
Journal articles
Brunton-Smith, I., Cernat, A., Pina-Sánchez, J., Buil-Gil, D. (2024). Estimating the Reliability of Crime Data in Geographic Areas. The British Journal of Criminology, 64(4), 1347-1361
Pohl, S., Buil-Gil, D. (2024). The Drop in Worry about Crime and Its Gender Gap: Trends in England and Wales from 1998 to 2019/2020. Criminology and Criminal Justice
Timukaite, A. & Buil-Gil, D. (2024). Trust in the Police and Crime Reporting: Reassessing Assumptions in the Context of Violent Crime in England and Wales. International Review of Victimology, 31(2), 265-284.
Buil-Gil, D., Bui, L., Trajtenberg, N., Diviak, T., Kim, E., Solymosi, R. (2024). Diversifying Crime Datasets in Introductory Statistical Courses in Criminology. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 36(1), 19-45
Chen, S., Ding, F., Buil-Gil, D. et al. (2024). The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on fraud in the UK. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11, 1676
Book chapters
Brunton-Smith, I., Buil-Gil, D., Pina-Sánchez, J., Cernat, A., Moretti, A. (2024). Using Synthetic Crime Data to Understand Patterns of Police Under-Counting at the Local Level. In L. Huey, D. Buil-Gil (Eds.), The Crime Data Handbook. Bristol: Policy Press
Buil-Gil, D., Trajtenberg, N., Aebi, M.F. (2024). Measuring Cybercrime and Cyberdeviance in Surveys. In R.S. Graham, S.G. Humer, C.S. Lee, V. Nagy (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Online Deviance. Routledge
Reports, blog posts and other publications
CrimRxiv – Criminology’s Open Access Hub. Poster for UoM Open Research Conference 2024
Podcasts and interviews
South Side Weekly, May 2024 – “CPD Stats on ShotSpotter Full of Holes, Experts Say”
i Newspaper, October 2024 – “Strangers keep coming to
Radio Rubí, December 2024 – “Rubinencs al notRubí” amb el criminòleg David Buil Gil”
2023
Journal articles
Buil-Gil, D., Kemp, S., Kuenzel, S., Coventry, L., Zakhary, S., Tilley, D., Nicholson, J. (2023). The Digital Harms of Smart Home Devices: A Systematic Literature Review. Computers in Human Behavior, 145, 107770
Solymosi, R., Buil-Gil, D., Ceccato, V., Kim, E., and Jansson, U. (2023). Privacy Challenges in Geodata and Open Data. Area, 55(4), 456-464
Pina-Sánchez, J., Brunton-Smith, I., Buil-Gil, D., Cernat, A. (2023). Exploring the Impact of Measurement Error in Police Recorded Crime Rates through Sensitivity Analysis. Crime Science, 12(14)
Book chapters
Buil-Gil, D., Solymosi, R. (2023). Using Crowdsourced Data to Study Crime and Place. In E. Groff, C. Haberman (Eds.), Understanding Crime and Place: A Methods Handbook. Philadelphia: Temple University Press
Buil-Gil, D. (2023). Small Area Estimation for Crime Analysis. In E. Groff, C. Haberman (Eds.), Understanding Crime and Place: A Methods Handbook. Philadelphia: Temple University Press
Zeng, Y., Buil-Gil, D. (2023). Organizational and Organized Cybercrime. In H. Pontell (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. New York: Oxford University Press
Šerý, M., Brisudová, L., Buil-Gil, D., Kimic, K., Polko, K., Solymosi, R. (2023). The Perception of Personal Security in Urban Parks: Comparative Analysis of Research Methods. In Placemaking in Practice Volume 1. Brill
Reports, blog posts and other publications
Brunton-Smith, I., Cernat, A., Buil-Gil, B., Pina-Sànchez, J. (2023). Measuring Crime in Place: Distinguishing Between Area Victimisation and Area Offences. Significance, 20(5), 30–33
Buil-Gil, D., Nivette, A., Brennan, I. (2023, December). Working Group Reports: European Network for Open Criminology (ENOC). Newsletter of the European Society of Criminology, 21, 20-21
Podcasts and interviews
BBC News, October 2023 – “Did a Football Club’s Success Help Reduce Crime?”
Innovative Methods in Criminology, March 2023 – “Measuring Crime in Small Areas”
Talking Teaching with Criminologists, June 2023 – “Teaching Quant Methods”
The Epoch Times, June 2023 – “When Your Home Security System Turns the Camera on You”
2022
Books
Buil-Gil, D. (2022). La Composición del Crimen: Una Aproximación Analítica. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch
Journal articles
Pina-Sánchez, J., Buil-Gil, D., Brunton-Smith, I., Cernat, A. (2023). The Impact of Measurement Error in Models Using Police Recorded Crime Rates. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 39, 975-1002
Buil-Gil, D., Brunton-Smith, I., Pina-Sánchez, J., Cernat, A. (2022). Comparing Measurements of Violent Crime in Local Communities: A Case Study in Islington, London. Police Practice and Research, 23(4), 489-506
Buil-Gil, D., Mawby, R. I. (2023). Do Tourists Report Crime to the Police? An Exploratory Analysis in Barcelona. Current Issues in Tourism, 26(18), 2931-2947
Reports, blog posts and other publications
Buil-Gil, D., Pina-Sánchez, J., Brunton-Smith, I., Cernat, A. (2022). Bad Data, Worse Predictions: How Measurement Error in Crime Data Affects Crime Prevention. CREST Security Review, 13, 4-5
Buil-Gil, D., Zeng, Y. (2022, March). We All Like to Believe We’d Never Get Caught Out By a Romance Scam, But Don’t Be So Sure. i Newspaper
Buil-Gil, D., Nicholson, J., Kemp, S. (2022, March). Smart (and Safe) Homes – Public-Private Partnerships to Mitigate the Digital Harms of Smart Home Devices. Policy@Manchester Blog
Podcasts and interviews
Cybercrimeology Podcast, January 2022 – Twenty 22
Academia Ecuatoriana de Ciencias Penales y Criminológicas, March 2022 – “La Medición del Crimen y Su Impacto en la Investigación Criminológica”
Understanding Society Podcast, November 2022 – “Romance Fraud”
2021
Journal articles
Buil-Gil, D., Moretti, A., Langton, S. H. (2022). The Accuracy of Crime Statistics: Assessing the Impact of Police Data Bias on Geographic Crime Analysis. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 18, 515-541
Buil-Gil, D., Lord, N., Barrett, E. (2021). The Dynamics of Business, Cybersecurity and Cyber-victimization: Foregrounding the Internal Guardian in Prevention. Victims & Offenders, 16(3), 286-315
Buil-Gil, D., Zeng, Y., Kemp, S. (2021). Offline Crime Bounces Back to Pre-COVID Levels, Cyber Stays High: Interrupted Time-Series Analysis in Northern Ireland. Crime Science, 10(26)
Buil-Gil, D., and Saldaña-Taboada, P. (2022). Offending Concentration on the Internet: An Exploratory Analysis of Bitcoin-Related Cybercrime. Deviant Behavior, 43(12), 1453-1470
Kemp, S., Buil-Gil, D., Moneva, A., Miró-Llinares, F., Díaz-Castaño, N. (2021). Empty Streets, Busy Internet. A Time Series Analysis of Cybercrime and Fraud Trends during COVID-19. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 37(4), 480-501
Buil-Gil, D., Zeng, Y. (2022). Meeting You was a Fake: Investigating the Increase in Romance Fraud during COVID-19. Journal of Financial Crime, 29(2), 460-475
Kemp, S., Buil-Gil, D., Miró-Llinares, F., and Lord, N. (2023). When Do Businesses Report Cybercrime? Findings from a UK Study. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 23(3), 468-489
Cernat, A., Buil-Gil, D., Brunton-Smith, I., Pina-Sánchez, J., Murrià-Sangenís, M. (2022). Estimating Crime in Place: Moving Beyond Residence Location. Crime & Delinquency, 68(11), 2061–2091
Reports, blog posts and other publications
Kemp, S., Buil-Gil, D., Zeng, Y. (2021, September). Hands, Face, Cyber Space: How the Pandemic is Accelerating the Growth of Cybercrime. N8 Policing Research Partnership Blog
Zeng, Y., Moretti, A., Buil-Gil, D. (2021, September). Dark Figure of Crime: Do Police-Recorded Crime Statistics Serve All Areas of Greater Manchester Equally? Policy@Manchester Blog
Buil-Gil, D., Pina-Sánchez, J. (2021, April). El Progreso de la Criminología Cuantitativa en España. SEIC Blog
Podcasts and interviews
Cybercrimeology Podcast, June 2021 – VIVA las Villains: Exploring Cybercrime Against Businesses
POSTC Podcast, May 2021 – Entrevista a los Investigadores del Proyecto Recounting Crime
2020
Journal articles
Buil-Gil, D., Medina, J., Shlomo, N. (2021). Measuring the Dark Figure of Crime in Geographic Areas. Small Area Estimation from the Crime Survey for England and Wales. British Journal of Criminology, 61(2), 364–388
Buil-Gil, D., Miró-Llinares, F., Moneva, A., Kemp, S., Díaz-Castaño, N. (2021). Cybercrime and Shifts in Opportunities during COVID-19: A Preliminary Analysis in the UK. European Societies, S1, S47-S59
Solymosi, R., Buil-Gil, D., Vozmediano, L., Sousa Guedes, I. (2021). Towards a Place-based Measure of Fear of Crime: A Systematic Review of App-Based and Crowdsourcing Approaches. Environment and Behavior, 53(9), 1013-1044
Buil-Gil, D., Moretti, A., Shlomo, N., Medina, J. (2020). Applying the Spatial EBLUP to Place-Based Policing. Simulation Study and Application to Confidence in Police Work. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 13, 901-924
Book chapters
Buil-Gil, D., Langton, S. H. (2020). GIS and Geovisual Analysis. In P. Atkinson, S. Delamont, A. Cernat, J. W. Sakshaug, R. A. Williams (Eds.), SAGE Research Methods Foundations. SAGE
Buil-Gil, D., Solymosi, R., Moretti, A. (2020). Nonparametric Bootstrap and Small Area Estimation to Mitigate Bias in Crowdsourced Data. Simulation Study and Application to Perceived Safety. In C. Hill, P. Biemer, T. Buskirk, L. Japec, A. Kirchner, S. Kolenikov, L. Lyberg (Eds.), Big Data Meets Survey Science. Wiley
Reports, blog posts and other publications
Buil-Gil, D., Moneva, A., Kemp, S., Díaz-Castaño, N., Miró-Llinares, F. (2020). Recorded Cybercrime and Fraud Trends in UK During COVID-19. Statistical Bulletin on Crime and COVID-19, Issue 6. Leeds: University of Leeds
Buil-Gil, D., Lord, N., Barrett, E., Dresner, D., Higgins, B. (2020, March 19). Profiting from Pandemics: COVID-19, Changing Routines and Cyber Crimes. Policy@Manchester Blog
Barrett, E., Dresner, D., Buil-Gil, D. (2020, January). Why Victims of Cyber Crime Deserve ‘Cyber CPR’. In Policy@Manchester (Ed.), On Digital Trust. Analysis and Ideas on Trust and Security in a Digital Age (pp. 28-32). Manchester: Policy@Manchester
2019
Journal articles
Buil-Gil, D., Moretti, A., Shlomo, N., Medina, J. (2021). Worry About Crime in Europe. A Model-Based Small Area Estimation from the European Social Survey. European Journal of Criminology, 18(2), 274-298
Buil-Gil, D., Medina, J., Shlomo, N. (2019). The Geographies of Perceived Neighbourhood Disorder. A Small Area Estimation Approach. Applied Geography, 109, 102037
Buil-Gil, D., Gómez-Bellvis, A. B., Castro-Toledo, F. J. (2019). Waiting in the Wings. Reflexiones del I Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Criminología. International E-Journal of Criminal Sciences, 14, 1-22
Reports, blog posts and other publications
Buil-Gil, D. (2019). Small Area Estimation in Criminological Research: Theory, Methods, and Applications. PhD thesis, University of Manchester
Castro-Toledo, F. J, Gómez-Bellvis, A. B., Buil-Gil, D. (Eds.) (2019). La Criminología que Viene. Resultados del I Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Criminología. Barcelona: Red Española de Jóvenes Investigadores en Criminología
2017
Journal articles
Buil-Gil, D. (2017). Un Enfoque para el Estudio Ambiental del Miedo al Crimen: Aproximación Integradora al Enclave del Miedo (AIEM). Revista Electrónica de Ciencia Penal y Criminología, 19-04
Reports, blog posts and other publications
Buil-Gil, D. (2017, October 14). El Tamaño Importa. Aplicando las Técnicas de Estimación en Áreas Pequeñas a los Análisis Espaciales en Criminología. Spanish Network of Early Career Researchers in Criminology (REJIC) Blog
Buil-Gil, D. (2017, October 9). Sobre la Actuación de los Cuerpos de Policía el 1-O. EconomiaDigital.es
Buil-Gil, D. (2017, February 16). Un apunte sobre las nuevas aproximaciones teóricas y metodológicas para el estudio del miedo al crimen. Crimina Blog
2016
Journal articles
Buil-Gil, D. (2016). ¿Qué es la Criminología? Una Aproximación a su Ontología, Función y Desarrollo. Derecho y Cambio Social, 44
Book chapters
Buil-Gil, D. (2016). Nuevas Tendencias de la Criminología Global: Avanzando Hacia el Cosmopolitismo Crítico. In J. Rámila, D. Briggs, J. R. Pérez Suárez (Eds.), La Criminología de Hoy y del Mañana (pp. 63-78). Madrid: Dykinson
Buil-Gil, D. (2016). Introducción al Estudio del Miedo al Delito: Principios Teóricos. In G. A. T. Ríos (Ed.), Criminología. Enfoques multidisciplinarios (pp. 17-36). Lima: Fondo Editorial Universidad San Martín de Porres
Reports, blog posts and other publications
Buil-Gil, D., Moretti, A. (2016, December 20). Small Area Estimation for Targeting Hot-Spot Policing Interventions. British Society of Criminology Policing Network Blog
Buil-Gil, D. (2016). InseguridApp: Estudio Piloto de los Patrones de Distribución Espacio-Temporal de los Enclaves del Miedo (al Crimen) en Elche a Partir de una Nueva Aplicación Móvil. Masters’ thesis, Miguel Hernandez University
Buil-Gil, D. (2016). De la Parábola del Pescador Único al Realismo de la Cofradía de Pescadores: Una Reflexión Sobre los Debates Académicos Contemporáneos en Criminología. Criminología y Justicia Refurbished, 4, 136-141
Castro-Toledo, F. J., Buil-Gil, D. (2016). El Miedo (al Crimen) como Fuente de Política Criminal. Revista de Ciències Jurídiques, 1, 14-18
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