121118 20250619084224.0 doi 10.1063/5.0084972 sideral 130869 ART-2022-130869 eng Pérez-Martínez, H. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-5959-6724 Emergence, survival, and segregation of competing gangs 2022 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted 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. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E30-20R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E36-20R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PGC2018-094684-B-C22 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2020-113582GB-I00 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 2.9 2022 PHYSICS, MATHEMATICAL 8 / 56 = 0.143 2022 Q1 T1 MATHEMATICS, APPLIED 29 / 267 = 0.109 2022 Q1 T1 0.82 2022 Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) 2022 Q1 Mathematical Physics 2022 Q1 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2022 Q2 Applied Mathematics 2022 Q2 Medicine (miscellaneous) 2022 Q2 5.9 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Bauzá, F.J. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8306-221X Soriano-Paños, D. (orcid)0000-0002-6388-4056 Gómez-Gardeñes, J. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-5204-1937 Floría, L.M. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-1406-8810 2004 405 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Física Teórica Área Física Teórica 2003 395 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Física Materia Condensa. Área Física Materia Condensada 32, 8 (2022), 083114 Chaos CHAOS 1054-1500 2072918 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/121118/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 3586367 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/121118/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:121118 articulos driver 2025-06-19-08:41:28 ARTICLE