Crime Science Unit at DSTL, the research division of the UK Ministry of Defence. The term crime science increasingly being adopted by situational and experimental criminologists in the US and Australia. An annual Crime Science Network gathering in London which draws police and academics from across the world. A Springer Open Access Interdisciplinary journal devoted to Crime Science. Crime science increasingly being cited in criminology text books and journals papers (sometimes claimed as a new branch of criminology, and sometimes reviled as anti-criminology). A move in traditional criminology towards the aims originally set out by Ross in his concern for a more evidence-based, scientific approach to crime reduction. Crime science featuring in several learned journals in other disciplines (such as a special issue of the European Journal of Applied Mathematics devoted to "crime modelling"). See also Broken windows theory Parable of the broken window Crime prevention through environmental design Evidence-based policing Problem-oriented policing Intelligence-led policing Community policing Predictive policing Preventive police Proactive policing Peelian principles and Policing by consent Jill Dando Jill Dando Institute Crime statistics Crime scene investigation Forensic science Police science References Bibliography External links Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, U.K. Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, U.S.A. International Centre for the Prevention of Crime, CA Security Science Doctoral Research Training Centre New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science, N.Z. Cyber-crime Science Criminology Law enforcement theory Law enforcement Law enforcement techniques Crime prevention