Crime, quarantine, and the U.S. coronavirus pandemic

Priorresearch has produced varied results regarding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on crime rates, depending on the offenses and time periods under investigation. The current study of weekly offense rates in large U.S. cities is based on a longer time period, a greater number of offenses tha...

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Main Author: Lopez, Ernesto (Author)
Contributors: Rosenfeld, Richard 1948-2024
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Criminology & public policy
Year: 2021, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 401-422
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Keywords:
Crime trends
Policy
Property Crime
Violent Crime

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