The heterogeneous effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on crime across the world

There is a vast literature evaluating the empirical association between stay-at-home policies and crime during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, these academic efforts have primarily focused on the effects within specific cities or regions rather than adopting a cross-national comparative approach. Mo...

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Autores: Trajtenberg, Nico, Fossati, Serena, Diaz, Carlos, Nivette, Amy E., Aguilar, Raul, Ahven, Andri, Andrade, L., Amram, Shai, Ariel, Barak, Arosemena, María José, Astolfi, Roberta, Baier, Dirk, Bark, Hyung-Min, Beijers, Joris E. H., Bergman, Marcelo, Borges, D., Breetzke, Gregory, Cano, I., Concha, I. A., Curtis, Sophie, Davenport, Ryan, Droppelman, C., Fleitas, Diego, Gerell, Manne, Jang, Kwang-Ho, Kääriäinen, Juha, Lappi, Tapio, Lim, Woon-Sik, Loureiro, Rosa, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Mendoza, C., Meško, Gorazd, Pereda Beltran, Noemí, Peres, Maria F. T., Poblete, Rubén, Rojido, E., Rose, Simon, Sanchez, O., Svensson, Robert, van der Lippe, Tanja, Veldkamp, Joran, Vilalta, Carlos J., Zahnow, Renee, Eisner, Manuel P.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2024
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositório:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/218990
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218990
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Confinament (Emergència sanitària)
COVID-19
Delictes
Confinement (Sanitary emergency)
Crime
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Resumo:There is a vast literature evaluating the empirical association between stay-at-home policies and crime during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, these academic efforts have primarily focused on the effects within specific cities or regions rather than adopting a cross-national comparative approach. Moreover, this body of literature not only generally lacks causal estimates but also has overlooked possible heterogeneities across different levels of stringency in mobility restrictions. This paper exploits the spatial and temporal variation of government responses to the pandemic in 45 cities across five continents to identify the causal impact of strict lockdown policies on the number of offenses reported to local police. We find that cities that implemented strict lockdowns experienced larger declines in some crime types (robbery, burglary, vehicle theft) but not others (assault, theft, homicide). This decline in crime rates attributed to more stringent policy responses represents only a small proportion of the effects documented in the literature

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