Routine Activity Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Burglary in Detroit, March, 2020

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dc.contributor.authorFelson, Marcus K.
dc.contributor.authorJiang, Shanhe
dc.contributor.authorXu, Yanqing
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-22T18:26:28Z
dc.date.available2020-07-22T18:26:28Z
dc.date.issued2020-06
dc.description.abstractThe 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.
dc.description.departmentCriminal Justice and Criminology
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dc.format.extent8 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationFelson, M., Jiang, S., & Xu, Y. (2020). Routine activity effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on burglary in Detroit, March, 2020. Crime Science, 9(1), pp. 1–7.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-020-00120-x
dc.identifier.issn2193-7680
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/12144
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rights.holder© The Author(s) 2020.
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
dc.sourceCrime Science, 2020, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 1–7.
dc.subjectdisaster effects
dc.subjectburglary rates
dc.subjecturban crime distribution
dc.subjectcrime pattern theory
dc.subjectroutine activity
dc.subjectCriminal Justice and Criminology
dc.titleRoutine Activity Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Burglary in Detroit, March, 2020
dc.typeArticle

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