The Laboratory of Urban Criminology was established at the Section of Criminology - Sociology Department of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Panteion University (Government Newspaper 2978/31.12.2015, vol. B’) and cover educational and research needs in the fields of Criminology and more specifically of urban criminal phenomena.

• The study of the criminal phenomenon and the special quantitative and qualitative features of the urban environment.
• Study and research of the role of the built environment and the structural and functional characteristics of urban environment in the forms and dimensions of crime.
• The development and implementation of methods and techniques of mapping specific to the geographical and spatial analysis of crime.
• Empirical investigation and analysis of quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the crime according to the size of the settlement (urban, suburban - rural areas).
• The study of contemporary urban criminality and its mapping.
• Empirical investigation and study of victimization, fear of crime and insecurity on the basis of the residencearea and the settlement size
• The empirical and theoretical analysis of the attitudes and opinions of citizens towards the criminal phenomenon as well as punitiveness, on the basis of the size of residence settlement.
• Processing theoretical explanatory approaches and criminal policy proposals about urban criminality.
• Formulating proposals for crime prevention at local level (social prevention / community prevention), as well as crime prevention through environmental proposals (Crime Prevention through Environmental Design−CPTED).

The mission of the Laboratory is to:

• fulfill training needs in the fields of the Laboratory,
• conducting research programs,
• organizing scientific events,
• publications and editions,
• cooperation with other relevant Greek and foreign academic institutions, research centers and institutes,
• cooperation with public services, local authorities and other scientific and social organizations in order to submit proposals on matters falling within the Laboratory activity field,
• development of products and services
• Strengthening doctoral students whose thesis subject falls in the disciplines of the Laboratory, possibility for scholarship according to the applicable provisions.