How should crime be measured? Crime statistics have for decades been used to show crime levels and trends and to inform national policies. While traditional crime statistics have a number of known shortcomings, global crime and justice indexes are increasingly becoming an influential mode of expert communication and policy making.
According to the Cambridge Harm Index Consensus, the best way to count crime is to assign a weight to the harm caused by each crime, rather than by counting all crimes as if they were equal. Such Crime Harm Indexes represent a radical change in the way crime statistics are produced, presented and used. By offering a new way to measure crime, the index is promoted as an evidence-based tool used to measure the total harm caused by crime rather than counting the number of offences.
In this seminar, Lars Holmberg will offer a critical assessment of the Cambridge Crime Harm Index.
Lars Holmberg is Associate Professor at the Copenhagen Centre for Criminology, University of Copenhagen. He has published extensively within the fields of policing, criminology and crime prevention.
Registration
The event is in English and open for all. Due to lunch being served we ask you to register for the event.
Deadline: January 18th 2026, 4 p.m. (16.00).