ArticlePloS one2021
COVID-19 and crime: Analysis of crime dynamics amidst social distancing protocols.
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- The Incidence and Characteristics of U.K. Stranger Sex Offenses Fluctuated With Public Health Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Psychology of violence · 2025Article
- Changes in interpersonal violence and utilization of trauma recovery services at an urban trauma center in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective, comparative study.Journal of trauma and injury · 2024Article
- The Impact of Urban Facilities on Crime during the Pre- and Pandemic Periods: A Practical Study in Beijing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on the spatial distribution of shooting violence in Buffalo, NY.Journal of experimental criminology · 2022Article
- Empirical evidence of the impact of mobility on property crimes during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.Humanities & social sciences communications · 2022Article
- Life With Corona: Increased Gender Differences in Aggression and Depression Symptoms Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic Burden in Germany.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
In response to the pandemic in early 2020, cities implemented states of emergency and stay at home orders to reduce virus spread. Changes in social dynamics due to local restrictions impacted human behavior and led to a shift in crime dynamics. We analyze shifts in crime types by comparing crimes before the implementation of stay at home orders and the time period shortly after these orders were put in place across three cities. We find consistent changes across Chicago, Baltimore, and Baton Rouge with significant declines in total crimes during the time period immediately following stay at home orders. The starkest differences occurred in Chicago, but in all three cities the crime types contributing to these declines were related to property crime and statutory crime rather than interpersonal crimes.
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