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[https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2208598119 by Maxim Massenkoff 7/11/22 PNAS] | [https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2208598119 by Maxim Massenkoff 7/11/22 PNAS] | ||
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brought massive disruptions to economic and social life, including an unprecedented spike in homicides. Overall crime, however, was down. We resolve this apparent paradox by showing that after accounting for the fact that people were spending more time indoors in 2020, the risk of victimization in public actually increased. These recent changes in crime and activity provide a stark illustration of how conventional crime rates can fail to capture changes in public safety. | The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brought massive disruptions to economic and social life, including an unprecedented spike in homicides. Overall crime, however, was down. We resolve this apparent paradox by showing that after accounting for the fact that people were spending more time indoors in 2020, the risk of victimization in public actually increased. These recent changes in crime and activity provide a stark illustration of how conventional crime rates can fail to capture changes in public safety. | ||
=====Homicides===== | |||
[https://ourworldindata.org/homicides by Bastian Herre Our World in Data] | |||
Homicides — when people intentionally and illegally kill others for personal reasons — are the most serious crime. | |||
