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COVID and Crime: Analysis of crime dynamics amidst social distancing protocols

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  • Scott, Shelby
  • Gross, Louis J

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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 rather than interpersonal.

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  • Scott, Shelby & Gross, Louis J, 2020. "COVID and Crime: Analysis of crime dynamics amidst social distancing protocols," SocArXiv 7w48k, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:7w48k
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/7w48k
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