Emergence, survival, and segregation of competing gangs

Pérez-Martínez, H. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Bauzá, F.J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Soriano-Paños, D. ; Gómez-Gardeñes, J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Floría, L.M. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: In this paper, we approach the phenomenon of criminal activity from an infectious perspective by using tailored compartmental agent-based models that include the social flavor of the mechanisms governing the evolution of crime in society. Specifically, we focus on addressing how the existence of competing gangs shapes the penetration of crime. The mean-field analysis of the model proves that the introduction of dynamical rules favoring the simultaneous survival of both gangs reduces the overall number of criminals across the population as a result of the competition between them. The implementation of the model in networked populations with homogeneous contact patterns reveals that the evolution of crime substantially differs from that predicted by the mean-field equations. We prove that the system evolves toward a segregated configuration where, depending on the features of the underlying network, both gangs can form spatially separated clusters. In this scenario, we show that the beneficial effect of the coexistence of two gangs is hindered, resulting in a higher penetration of crime in the population.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1063/5.0084972

Año: 2022

Publicado en: CHAOS 32, 8 (2022), 083114
ISSN: 1054-1500

Factor impacto JCR: 2.9 (2022)

Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, MATHEMATICAL rank: 8 / 56 = 0.143 (2022) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: MATHEMATICS, APPLIED rank: 29 / 267 = 0.109 (2022) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 5.9 - Mathematics (Q1) - Physics and Astronomy (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.82 - Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Mathematical Physics (Q1) - Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (Q2) - Applied Mathematics (Q2) - Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E30-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E36-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PGC2018-094684-B-C22
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2020-113582GB-I00

Tipo y forma: Artículo (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Física Teórica (Dpto. Física Teórica)
Área (Departamento): Área Física Materia Condensada (Dpto. Física Materia Condensa.)