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

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dc.contributor.author Nivett, Amy E.
dc.contributor.author Zahn, Renee
dc.contributor.author Aguilar, Raul
dc.contributor.author Ahven, Andri
dc.contributor.author Amram, Shai
dc.contributor.author Ariel, Barak
dc.contributor.author Burbano, Maria Jose Arosemena
dc.contributor.author Astolfi, Roberta
dc.contributor.author Baier, Dirk
dc.contributor.author Bark, Hyung-Min
dc.contributor.author Beijers, Joris E.H.
dc.contributor.author Bergman, Marcelo
dc.contributor.author Breetzke, Gregory Dennis
dc.contributor.author Concha-Eastman, I. Alberto
dc.contributor.author Curtis-Ham, Sophie
dc.contributor.author Davenport, Ryan
dc.contributor.author Diaz, Carlos
dc.contributor.author Fleitas, Diego
dc.contributor.author Gerell, Manne
dc.contributor.author Jang, Kwang-Ho Jang
dc.contributor.author Kaariainen, Juha
dc.contributor.author Lappi-Seppälä , Tapio
dc.contributor.author Lim, Woon-Sik
dc.contributor.author Revilla, Rosa Loureiro
dc.contributor.author Mazerolle, Lorraine
dc.contributor.author Mesko, Gorazd
dc.contributor.author Pereda, Noemi
dc.contributor.author Peres, Maria F.T.
dc.contributor.author Poblete-Cazenave , Ruben
dc.contributor.author Rose, Simon
dc.contributor.author Svensson, Robert
dc.contributor.author Trajtenberg, Nico
dc.contributor.author Van der Lippe, Tanja
dc.contributor.author Veldkamp, Joran
dc.contributor.author Perdomo, Carlos J. Vilalta
dc.contributor.author Eisner, Manuel P.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-02-09T08:52:03Z
dc.date.available 2022-02-09T08:52:03Z
dc.date.issued 2021-07
dc.description.abstract 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. en_ZA
dc.description.department Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology en_ZA
dc.description.librarian pm2022 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.nature.com/nm en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Nivette, A.E., Zahnow, R., Aguilar, R. et al. A global analysis of the impact of COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions on crime. Nature Human Behaviour 5, 868–877 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01139-z. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 2397-3374 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1038/s41562-021-01139-z
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83701
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Nature Research en_ZA
dc.rights © The Author(s) 2021. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. en_ZA
dc.subject Restrictions en_ZA
dc.subject Crime en_ZA
dc.subject Prevention en_ZA
dc.subject COVID-19 pandemic en_ZA
dc.subject Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) en_ZA
dc.title A global analysis of the impact of COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions on crime en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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