Routine activity effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on burglary in Detroit, March, 2020
Abstract The spread of the coronavirus has led to containment policies in many places, with concomitant shifts in routine activities. Major declines in crime have been reported as a result. However, those declines depend on crime type and may differ by parts of a city and land uses. This paper exami...
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| description | Abstract The spread of the coronavirus has led to containment policies in many places, with concomitant shifts in routine activities. Major declines in crime have been reported as a result. However, those declines depend on crime type and may differ by parts of a city and land uses. This paper examines burglary in Detroit, Michigan during the month of March, 2020, a period of considerable change in routine activities. We examine 879 block groups, separating those dominated by residential land use from those with more mixed land use. We divide the month into three periods: pre-containment, transition period, and post-containment. Burglaries increase in block groups with mixed land use, but not blocks dominated by residential land use. The impact of containment policies on burglary clarifies after taking land use into account. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21e54590dd2844e9ae5ac963298766702022-12-21T18:27:07ZengBMCCrime Science2193-76802020-06-01911710.1186/s40163-020-00120-xRoutine activity effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on burglary in Detroit, March, 2020Marcus Felson0Shanhe Jiang1Yanqing Xu2Texas State UniversityWayne State UniversityUniversity of ToledoAbstract The spread of the coronavirus has led to containment policies in many places, with concomitant shifts in routine activities. Major declines in crime have been reported as a result. However, those declines depend on crime type and may differ by parts of a city and land uses. This paper examines burglary in Detroit, Michigan during the month of March, 2020, a period of considerable change in routine activities. We examine 879 block groups, separating those dominated by residential land use from those with more mixed land use. We divide the month into three periods: pre-containment, transition period, and post-containment. Burglaries increase in block groups with mixed land use, but not blocks dominated by residential land use. The impact of containment policies on burglary clarifies after taking land use into account.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40163-020-00120-xRoutine activityDisaster effectsBurglary ratesUrban crime distributionCrime pattern theory |
| spellingShingle | Marcus Felson Shanhe Jiang Yanqing Xu Routine activity effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on burglary in Detroit, March, 2020 Crime Science Routine activity Disaster effects Burglary rates Urban crime distribution Crime pattern theory |
| title | Routine activity effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on burglary in Detroit, March, 2020 |
| title_full | Routine activity effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on burglary in Detroit, March, 2020 |
| title_fullStr | Routine activity effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on burglary in Detroit, March, 2020 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Routine activity effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on burglary in Detroit, March, 2020 |
| title_short | Routine activity effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on burglary in Detroit, March, 2020 |
| title_sort | routine activity effects of the covid 19 pandemic on burglary in detroit march 2020 |
| topic | Routine activity Disaster effects Burglary rates Urban crime distribution Crime pattern theory |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40163-020-00120-x |
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