1. A global analysis of the impact of COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions on crime
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Tapio Lappi-Seppälä, Manne Gerell, Nico Trajtenberg, Joris E. H. Beijers, Sophie Curtis-Ham, I. Alberto Concha-Eastman, Raul Aguilar, Renee Zahnow, Noemí Pereda, Hyung-Min Bark, Rosa Loureiro Revilla, Manuel Eisner, Amy Nivette, Barak Ariel, Dirk Baier, Tanja van der Lippe, Diego Fleitas, Marcelo Bergman, Gregory Dennis Breetzke, Roberta Corradi Astolfi, Kwang-Ho Jang, Simon Rose, Shai Amram, Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres, Lorraine Mazerolle, Gorazd Meško, Robert Svensson, Juha Kääriäinen, Andri Ahven, Carlos J. Vilalta Perdomo, Ryan Davenport, María José Arosemena Burbano, Woon-Sik Lim, Rubén Poblete-Cazenave, Carlos Díaz, Joran Veldkamp, Economics, Leerstoel Lippe, Social Networks, Solidarity and Inequality, Nivette, Amy E [0000-0003-0597-3648], Zahnow, Renee [0000-0001-5796-9443], Aguilar, Raul [0000-0002-0541-4910], Ariel, Barak [0000-0002-6912-2546], Bark, Hyung-Min [0000-0001-7848-4314], Breetzke, Gregory [0000-0002-0324-2254], Concha-Eastman, I Alberto [0000-0002-7256-6164], Curtis-Ham, Sophie [0000-0001-8093-4804], Fleitas, Diego [0000-0001-8305-2057], Gerell, Manne [0000-0002-2145-113X], Lappi-Seppälä, Tapio [0000-0003-1377-661X], Mazerolle, Lorraine [0000-0002-3691-8644], Pereda, Noemí [0000-0001-5329-9323], Peres, Maria FT [0000-0002-7049-905X], Poblete-Cazenave, Rubén [0000-0002-3954-1651], Svensson, Robert [0000-0002-6080-2780], Perdomo, Carlos J Vilalta [0000-0002-6030-7018], Eisner, Manuel P [0000-0001-5436-9282], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Nivette, Amy E. [0000-0003-0597-3648], Concha-Eastman, I. Alberto [0000-0002-7256-6164], Peres, Maria F. T. [0000-0002-7049-905X], Perdomo, Carlos J. Vilalta [0000-0002-6030-7018], Eisner, Manuel P. [0000-0001-5436-9282], and Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy
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Quarantine/trends ,Criminology ,Behavioral Neuroscience ,Sociology ,health care economics and organizations ,COVID-19/epidemiology ,Social policy ,Middle East ,05 social sciences ,16. Peace & justice ,Justice and Strong Institutions ,Juridik och samhälle ,TIME ,Europe ,Crime/trends ,364: Kriminologie ,Quarantine ,population characteristics ,Crime ,Public Health ,050104 developmental & child psychology ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,SDG 16 - Peace ,Social Psychology ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Physical Distancing ,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology ,Article ,Public space ,REGRESSION ,mental disorders ,Public Health/statistics & numerical data ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,4014/4013 ,0505 law ,DECLINE ,SARS-CoV-2 ,SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions ,513 Law ,Interrupted time series ,COVID-19 ,social sciences ,United States ,4014/523 ,050501 criminology ,Demographic economics ,4014/4002 ,Law and Society ,human activities - Abstract
The stay-at-home restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 led to unparalleled sudden change in daily life, but it is unclear how they affected urban crime globally. We collected data on daily counts of crime in 27 cities across 23 countries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We conducted interrupted time series analyses to assess the impact of stay-at-home restrictions on different types of crime in each city. Our findings show that the stay-at-home policies were associated with a considerable drop in urban crime, but with substantial variation across cities and types of crime. Meta-regression results showed that more stringent restrictions over movement in public space were predictive of larger declines in crime., The implementation of COVID-19 stay-at-home policies was associated with a considerable drop in urban crime in 27 cities across 23 countries. More stringent restrictions over movement in public space were predictive of larger declines in crime.
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- 2021