ArticleCriminal justice review2023
COVID-19 and Gun Violence: Keeping Unknown Shocks and Volatility in Perspective.
Article in Criminal justice review, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Trends and Disparities in Firearm Homicides in the USA, 2018-2024.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Demographic, Circumstantial, and Geographic Patterns of Firearm-related Homicides and Suicides in Mississippi, 2021-2023.Journal of public health in the deep South · 2026Article
- Examining the relationship between temperature and firearm violence: A comparison of metrics.PloS one · 2026Article
- Community implications for gun violence prevention during co-occurring pandemics; a qualitative and computational analysis study.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
The current study estimates the varying effects of the pandemic on gun violence by social distancing type, fatality, and location. Interrupted time series analyses are used to examine weekly crime data from 2016 to 2020 in New York City. Box-Cox power transformation and GARCH techniques are used to address the problems of non-normality and heteroscedasticity in the models. There were significant increases in fatal and non-fatal shootings during the relaxation of social distancing. The impact of the BLM protests and depolicing is significant for non-fatal shootings. The pandemic led to greater increases in gun violence in The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens, as opposed to Staten Island. In addition, there is some evidence of increases in the volatility of gun violence during the pandemic. High volatility implies crime rates are in severe flux, which then leads to greater uncertainty and fear for public safety. This paper surfaces useful information for guiding policy and practice.
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