Lorena Molnar is a PhD candidate and research assistant at the University of Lausanne. Her main domains of interest are comparative criminology, innovation in methods and hard-to-reach populations. She is co-author of the European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics, which has been published in 2021 and currently she is studying the impact of the pandemic on hard-to-reach populations such as sex workers, migrants and homeless people.
Scientific articles on COVID-19
• Molnar, L., & Hashimoto, Y. Z. (2022). Homelessness during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Exploratory Study in Switzerland. Deviant Behavior, 0(0), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2022.2039045
• Molnar, L., & Ros, J. (2022). Sex Workers’ Work-Related Victimisation and Drug Use During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Switzerland. International Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43576-022-00045-2
• Aebi, M. F. Molnar, L. & Baquerizas, F. (2022) Contra todo pronóstico, el femicidio no aumentó durante el primer año de la pandemia de COVID-19: Evidencia empírica de Argentina, Chile, España, México, Panamá y Paraguay. La Ley, 98. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360965079_Contra_todo_pronostico_el_femicidio_no_aumento_durante_el_primer_ano_de_la_pandemia_de_COVID-19_Evidencia_empirica_de_Argentina_Chile_Espana_Mexico_Panama_y_Paraguay
• Aebi, M. F., Molnar, L., & Baquerizas, F. (2021). Against All Odds, Femicide Did Not Increase During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From Six Spanish-Speaking Countries. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 37(4), 615–644. https://doi.org/10.1177/10439862211054237