Six months in: pandemic crime trends in England and Wales.

IF 3.1 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Crime Science Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.1186/s40163-021-00142-z

Samuel Langton, Anthony Dixon, Graham Farrell

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Governments around the world have enforced strict guidelines on social interaction and mobility to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Evidence has begun to emerge which suggests that such dramatic changes in people's routine activities have yielded similarly dramatic changes in criminal behavior. This study represents the first 'look back' on six months of the nationwide lockdown in England and Wales. Using open police-recorded crime trends, we provide a comparison between expected and observed crime rates for fourteen different offence categories between March and August, 2020. We find that most crime types experienced sharp, short-term declines during the first full month of lockdown. This was followed by a gradual resurgence as restrictions were relaxed. Major exceptions include anti-social behavior and drug crimes. Findings shed light on the opportunity structures for crime and the nuances of using police records to study crime during the pandemic.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40163-021-00142-z.

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六个月后:英格兰和威尔士的大流行犯罪趋势。

为了控制新冠病毒的传播，世界各国政府在社交和流动方面实施了严格的指导方针。已经开始出现的证据表明，人们日常活动的这种剧烈变化导致了犯罪行为的类似剧烈变化。这项研究是对英格兰和威尔士六个月的全国封锁的首次“回顾”。利用公开的警方记录的犯罪趋势，我们对2020年3月至8月期间14种不同犯罪类别的预期和实际犯罪率进行了比较。我们发现，在封锁的第一个月，大多数犯罪类型都经历了短期的急剧下降。随后，随着限制的放松，房地产市场逐渐复苏。主要的例外包括反社会行为和毒品犯罪。调查结果揭示了犯罪的机会结构以及在大流行期间使用警方记录研究犯罪的细微差别。补充信息:在线版本包含补充资料，下载地址为10.1186/s40163-021-00142-z。

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Crime Science Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

CiteScore

11.90

自引率

8.20%

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审稿时长

13 weeks

期刊介绍： Crime Science is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal with an applied focus. The journal''s main focus is on research articles and systematic reviews that reflect the growing cooperation among a variety of fields, including environmental criminology, economics, engineering, geography, public health, psychology, statistics and urban planning, on improving the detection, prevention and understanding of crime and disorder. Crime Science will publish theoretical articles that are relevant to the field, for example, approaches that integrate theories from different disciplines. The goal of the journal is to broaden the scientific base for the understanding, analysis and control of crime and disorder. It is aimed at researchers, practitioners and policy-makers with an interest in crime reduction. It will also publish short contributions on timely topics including crime patterns, technological advances for detection and prevention, and analytical techniques, and on the crime reduction applications of research from a wide range of fields. Crime Science publishes research articles, systematic reviews, short contributions and theoretical articles. While Crime Science uses the APA reference style, the journal welcomes submissions using alternative reference styles on a case-by-case basis.