Purpose

In early 2020, the world faced a rapid life-changing pandemic in the form of the Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. Citywide lockdowns with stay-at-home orders and mass closings quickly became the “new normal.” With these new mandates, routine activity, mental health and financial securities all began to experience major deviations, and it became clear that this could prove to be rather valuable in providing the opportunity for large-scale criminology experiments. This study aims to explore New York City's (NYC) crime patterns during this unique social situation. Specifically, has crime as a whole increased or decreased, and have particular crimes increased or decreased during these stressful fluid times?

Design/methodology/approach

The authors briefly review previous crises and worldwide trends but focus on NYC crime as collected by the New York Police Department's statistics unit, “CompStat.” An analysis of 13 crime types from March 30 to July 5 was completed, including percent differences and individual weekly incidence rates in citywide crimes compared to the same time in 2019.

Findings

The analysis demonstrated that all crimes analyzed, except for murder and burglary, exhibited a statistically significant difference during COVID-19 conditions compared to the same time the previous year. Grand larceny auto and gun violence crimes significantly increased during COVID-19 weeks, whereas rape, other sex crimes, robbery, felony assault, grand larceny, transit, housing, misdemeanor assault and petit larceny all significantly decreased.

Originality/value

Due to the ongoing nature of the pandemic, this is amongst the first studies to examine trends in NYC crime during pandemic mandates. Expanding our knowledge in these situations can inform natural disaster responses, as well as criminal justice policy and practice to better protect the public in future crises.

中文翻译：

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纽约市：COVID-19 检疫和犯罪

目的

2020 年初，世界面临着以 2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 危机的形式迅速改变生活的流行病。全市范围内的居家令和大规模关闭的封锁很快成为“新常态”。有了这些新的授权，日常活动、心理健康和金融证券都开始出现重大偏差，很明显，这在为大规模犯罪学实验提供机会方面非常有价值。本研究旨在探索在这种独特的社会情况下纽约市 (NYC) 的犯罪模式。具体来说，在这些充满压力的流动时期，整体犯罪是增加还是减少了，特定犯罪是增加还是减少了？

设计/方法/方法

作者简要回顾了以前的危机和全球趋势，但重点关注纽约警察局统计部门“CompStat”收集的纽约市犯罪情况。完成了对 3 月 30 日至 7 月 5 日期间 13 种犯罪类型的分析，包括与 2019 年同期相比全市犯罪的百分比差异和个人每周发生率。

发现

分析表明，与去年同期相比，除谋杀和入室盗窃外，所有分析的犯罪在 COVID-19 条件下都表现出统计学上的显着差异。在 COVID-19 周期间，大盗窃汽车和枪支暴力犯罪显着增加，而强奸、其他性犯罪、抢劫、重罪袭击、大盗窃、过境、住房、轻罪袭击和小盗窃都显着减少。

原创性/价值

由于大流行的持续性质，这是在大流行期间检查纽约市犯罪趋势的首批研究之一。在这些情况下扩大我们的知识可以为自然灾害响应以及刑事司法政策和实践提供信息，以在未来的危机中更好地保​​护公众。