Who we are

Transcrime is the Joint Research Centre on Innovation and Crime of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, the Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna and the Università degli Studi di Perugia.

The centre, directed by Professor Ernesto Ugo Savona, is based in Milan and has a staff of about 30 people.

Transcrime is entirely funded by contracts and funding from private corporations and local, national and international public institutions.

Transcrime is also a key supporting body of the education activities provided by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Milan. In particular, the centre supports the coordination of the Master’s degree in Public Policies – curriculum Crime & Security Analysis (CrimeSec) and the International Ph.D. in Criminology.

Facilitating effective crime prevention and control through innovative ideas, advanced analyses, cutting-edge techniques and international cooperation.

Transcrime employs an integrated approach (criminology, law, economics, statistics, sociology, forensic accounting, IT) to:

• Analyse crimes (organised crime, economic crime, money laundering, illegal markets, urban crime)
• Evaluate crime prevention policies
• Analyse and identify criminogenic opportunities in legislation (crime proofing analysis)
• Develop risk assessment and crime prevention strategies for public (e.g. law enforcement, public entities) and private actors (e.g. banks, professionals, companies)