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[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0016718585900077 by Keith D. Harries 1985 ScienceDirect] | [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0016718585900077 by Keith D. Harries 1985 ScienceDirect] | ||
High homicide rates constitute a major public health problem in the United States. In the South high rates have been historically conspicuous, and have contributed to the elevated level in the U.S. compared to other countries at a comparable stage of development. This research illustrates the historical persistence of homicide in the South and presents a regionalization of U.S. states based on their quinquennial homicide profiles since 1935. | High homicide rates constitute a major public health problem in the United States. In the South high rates have been historically conspicuous, and have contributed to the elevated level in the U.S. compared to other countries at a comparable stage of development. This research illustrates the historical persistence of homicide in the South and presents a regionalization of U.S. states based on their quinquennial homicide profiles since 1935. | ||
=====COVID and crime: An early empirical look===== | |||
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047272720302085 by David S. Abrams 2/21 ScienceDirect] | |||
Data from 25 large U.S. cities is assembled to estimate the impact of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic on crime. There is a widespread immediate drop in both criminal incidents and arrests most heavily pronounced among drug crimes, theft, residential burglaries, and most violent crimes. The decline appears to precede stay-at-home orders, and arrests follow a similar pattern as reports. There is no decline in homicides and shootings, and an increase in non-residential burglary and car theft in most cities, suggesting that criminal activity was displaced to locations with fewer people. | |||
