A global analysis of the impact of COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions on crime

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...

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Autores: Nivette, Amy E., Zahnow, Renee, Aguilar, Raul, Ahven, Andri, Amram, Shai, Ariel, Barak, Arosemena, María José, Astolfi, Roberta, Baier, Dirk, Bark, Hyung-Min, Beijers, Joris E. H., Bergman, Marcelo, Breetzke, Gregory, Concha, I. Alberto, Curtis, Sophie, Davenport, Ryan, Díaz, Carlos, Fleitas, Diego, Gerell, Manne, Jang, Kwang-Ho, Kääriäinen, Juha, Lappi, Tapio, Lim, Woon-Sik, Loureiro, Rosa, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Meško, Gorazd, Pereda Beltran, Noemí, Peres, Maria F. T., Poblete, Rubén, Rose, Simon, Svensson, Robert, Trajtenberg, Nico, van der Lippe, Tanja, Veldkamp, Joran, Vilalta, Carlos J., Eisner, Manuel P.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/218851
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218851
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Confinament (Emergència sanitària)
Delictes
COVID-19
Confinement (Sanitary emergency)
Crime
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Sumario: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.

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