L Molnar
Biographic Data
| ID | 88295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Molnar |
| GIVEN NAMES | L |
| FAMILY NAME | Molnar |
| SIGNATURE | MOLNAR L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lausanne |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8692-9256 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Unraveling the Sexual Victimization of Sex Workers: A Latent Class Analysis Through the Lens of Environmental Criminology
Past research on violence against sex workers has contributed to our understanding of this phenomenon yet, often do not offer concrete preventative measures. The current study aims to investigate this issue through an environmental criminology perspective, and to identify measures that can be implemented to decrease violence through a situational crime prevention framework. Our sample consist of 402 French sex workers who experienced violent vict…
Theoretical Perspectives, Empirical Findings, and Policy Implications of Research on Femicide Before, During, and After the Covid-19 Pandemic: Beyond a Special Issue Introduction
Towards a multifactorial framework of the Roma’s victimisation: Discrimination, risky situations, and acceptance of violence as correlates of physical assault and harassment
The European Roma population faces violence and discrimination, but the causes of their victimisation are not well understood. This study used a multi-theoretical framework to analyse data from a representative sample of 2,913 Roma surveyed in European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey II. The results showed that police stops perceived as ethnically motivated, exposure to risky situations, and acceptance of violence when insulted predict…
The Imperative Need for Criminological Research on the European Roma: A Narrative Review
Except for the knowledge that the Roma people endure harsh conditions and are victims of discrimination, scarce criminological research has given detailed attention to further victimisation or offending among the Romanies. Identifying articles in the browsers Web of Science, Google Scholar and Google, we reviewed European publications (1997–2020) in English, French, Romanian or Spanish that addressed the Roma’s victimisation or offending. The 44 …
Risky business: Voluntary sex workers as suitable victims of work-related crimes in a legalised prostitution environment
Many studies have analysed the violence to which sex workers (SWs) are exposed in countries where prostitution is criminalised, but violence in sex work when it is a legal and freelance activity has seldom been studied. This study is based on non-systematic participant observation and 14 interviews conducted with cisgender and transgender freelance SWs exercising their profession in Switzerland. Findings show that all the participants had been vi…
Old crimes reported in new bottles: The disclosure of child sexual abuse on Twitter through the case #MeTooInceste
Movements such as #MeToo have shown how an online trend can become the vehicle for collectively sharing personal experiences of sexual victimisation that often remains unreported to the criminal justice system. These social media trends offer new opportunities to social scientists who investigate complex phenomena that, despite existing since time immemorial, are still taboo and difficult to access. They also bring technical difficulties, as the …
Homelessness during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Exploratory Study in Switzerland
The coronavirus pandemic has negatively affected people of all social strata, and continues to do so, but its effect has been the most severe on members of the most precarious populations. In this exploratory study conducted in Switzerland, the specific situation of homeless people, a particularly vulnerable population, is examined from a criminological perspective. In total, we surveyed 32 homeless individuals: 14 during the first wave of the pa…
Lost in paradise? The perception of security among immigrant communities in Switzerland and its correlates
Research addressing the perception of security of immigrants in Switzerland dates back to the 2000s. Using data from a victimisation survey conducted in Lugano, Switzerland (N = 7885), this study investigates the security perception of immigrant communities and its correlates. In contrast to previous findings, the analyses suggest that a higher percentage of immigrants perceive the city as highly safe than natives, this being more accentuated amo…
Against All Odds, Femicide Did Not Increase During the First Year of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence From Six Spanish-Speaking Countries
This paper tests a situational hypothesis which postulates that the number of femicides should increase as an unintended consequence of the COVID-19-related lockdowns. The monthly data on femicides from 2017 to 2020 collected in six Spanish-speaking countries—Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Panama, Mexico, and Spain—and analyzed using threshold models indicate that the hypothesis must be rejected. The total number of femicides in 2020 was similar to …
European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics – 2021: Sixth Edition
A major contribution to the data collection wave of the sixth edition was made within the framework of the LINCS project, implemented by the Council of Europe and co-founded by the Council of Europe and the European Commission.We are especially grateful to Ilina Taneva, Council of Europe, Strasbourg XII Preface Basically, all data included were originally collected by the national correspondents.The present document also includes, in chapter 4 an…
Victimisation et délinquance des jeunes Roms roumains en Suisse: Une étude exploratoire de terrain
Les Roms forment la plus grande minorité ethnique en Europe, mais peu d’études se sont focalisées sur la délinquance et la victimisation au sein de cette communauté. Cet article présente une recherche exploratoire portant sur la victimisation et la délinquance des jeunes Roms roumains en Suisse romande. L’étude suit une démarche mixte qui combine 130 heures d’observation participante avec un sondage de délinquance et victimisation autoreportée (N…
Curricula transformation in the countries in transition: An experience from Slovakia
The process of complex political, economical and social changes in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe involves far-reaching transformations. To transform educational contents, form and organization is one of the urgent needs, having in mind the semi-total isolation that lasted nearly half a century. In this paper, historical background of the ongoing transformations of the system of higher education is briefly outlined, with emphasis on …
Risky business: Voluntary sex workers as suitable victims of work-related crimes in a legalised prostitution environment
Many studies have analysed the violence to which sex workers (SWs) are exposed in countries where prostitution is criminalised, but violence in sex work when it is a legal and freelance activity has seldom been studied. This study is based on non-systematic participant observation and 14 interviews conducted with cisgender and transgender freelance SWs exercising their profession in Switzerland. Findings show that all the participants had been vi…
Old crimes reported in new bottles: The disclosure of child sexual abuse on Twitter through the case #MeTooInceste
Movements such as #MeToo have shown how an online trend can become the vehicle for collectively sharing personal experiences of sexual victimisation that often remains unreported to the criminal justice system. These social media trends offer new opportunities to social scientists who investigate complex phenomena that, despite existing since time immemorial, are still taboo and difficult to access. They also bring technical difficulties, as the …
Curricula transformation in the countries in transition: An experience from Slovakia
The process of complex political, economical and social changes in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe involves far-reaching transformations. To transform educational contents, form and organization is one of the urgent needs, having in mind the semi-total isolation that lasted nearly half a century. In this paper, historical background of the ongoing transformations of the system of higher education is briefly outlined, with emphasis on …
Against All Odds, Femicide Did Not Increase During the First Year of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence From Six Spanish-Speaking Countries
This paper tests a situational hypothesis which postulates that the number of femicides should increase as an unintended consequence of the COVID-19-related lockdowns. The monthly data on femicides from 2017 to 2020 collected in six Spanish-speaking countries—Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Panama, Mexico, and Spain—and analyzed using threshold models indicate that the hypothesis must be rejected. The total number of femicides in 2020 was similar to …
European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics – 2021: Sixth Edition
A major contribution to the data collection wave of the sixth edition was made within the framework of the LINCS project, implemented by the Council of Europe and co-founded by the Council of Europe and the European Commission.We are especially grateful to Ilina Taneva, Council of Europe, Strasbourg XII Preface Basically, all data included were originally collected by the national correspondents.The present document also includes, in chapter 4 an…
Victimisation et délinquance des jeunes Roms roumains en Suisse: Une étude exploratoire de terrain
Les Roms forment la plus grande minorité ethnique en Europe, mais peu d’études se sont focalisées sur la délinquance et la victimisation au sein de cette communauté. Cet article présente une recherche exploratoire portant sur la victimisation et la délinquance des jeunes Roms roumains en Suisse romande. L’étude suit une démarche mixte qui combine 130 heures d’observation participante avec un sondage de délinquance et victimisation autoreportée (N…
Lost in paradise? The perception of security among immigrant communities in Switzerland and its correlates
Research addressing the perception of security of immigrants in Switzerland dates back to the 2000s. Using data from a victimisation survey conducted in Lugano, Switzerland (N = 7885), this study investigates the security perception of immigrant communities and its correlates. In contrast to previous findings, the analyses suggest that a higher percentage of immigrants perceive the city as highly safe than natives, this being more accentuated amo…
The Imperative Need for Criminological Research on the European Roma: A Narrative Review
Except for the knowledge that the Roma people endure harsh conditions and are victims of discrimination, scarce criminological research has given detailed attention to further victimisation or offending among the Romanies. Identifying articles in the browsers Web of Science, Google Scholar and Google, we reviewed European publications (1997–2020) in English, French, Romanian or Spanish that addressed the Roma’s victimisation or offending. The 44 …
Risky business: Voluntary sex workers as suitable victims of work-related crimes in a legalised prostitution environment
Many studies have analysed the violence to which sex workers (SWs) are exposed in countries where prostitution is criminalised, but violence in sex work when it is a legal and freelance activity has seldom been studied. This study is based on non-systematic participant observation and 14 interviews conducted with cisgender and transgender freelance SWs exercising their profession in Switzerland. Findings show that all the participants had been vi…
Old crimes reported in new bottles: The disclosure of child sexual abuse on Twitter through the case #MeTooInceste
Movements such as #MeToo have shown how an online trend can become the vehicle for collectively sharing personal experiences of sexual victimisation that often remains unreported to the criminal justice system. These social media trends offer new opportunities to social scientists who investigate complex phenomena that, despite existing since time immemorial, are still taboo and difficult to access. They also bring technical difficulties, as the …
Homelessness during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Exploratory Study in Switzerland
The coronavirus pandemic has negatively affected people of all social strata, and continues to do so, but its effect has been the most severe on members of the most precarious populations. In this exploratory study conducted in Switzerland, the specific situation of homeless people, a particularly vulnerable population, is examined from a criminological perspective. In total, we surveyed 32 homeless individuals: 14 during the first wave of the pa…
Theoretical Perspectives, Empirical Findings, and Policy Implications of Research on Femicide Before, During, and After the Covid-19 Pandemic: Beyond a Special Issue Introduction
Towards a multifactorial framework of the Roma’s victimisation: Discrimination, risky situations, and acceptance of violence as correlates of physical assault and harassment
The European Roma population faces violence and discrimination, but the causes of their victimisation are not well understood. This study used a multi-theoretical framework to analyse data from a representative sample of 2,913 Roma surveyed in European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey II. The results showed that police stops perceived as ethnically motivated, exposure to risky situations, and acceptance of violence when insulted predict…
Unraveling the Sexual Victimization of Sex Workers: A Latent Class Analysis Through the Lens of Environmental Criminology
Past research on violence against sex workers has contributed to our understanding of this phenomenon yet, often do not offer concrete preventative measures. The current study aims to investigate this issue through an environmental criminology perspective, and to identify measures that can be implemented to decrease violence through a situational crime prevention framework. Our sample consist of 402 French sex workers who experienced violent vict…
Political science (10 works) · Criminology (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Poison control (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Suicide prevention (5 works) · Victimisation (5 works)