Crime and mobility during the COVID-19 lockdown: a preliminary empirical exploration. Issue 1 (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cheung, Lydia; Gunby, Philip
• Is Part Of: New Zealand economic papers. Volume 56:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 106
• Page End: 113
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- crime -- mobility -- lockdown; K42 -- R00; Economics -- Periodicals; New Zealand -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 330
• DOI: 10.1080/00779954.2020.1870535
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0077-9954

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In this research note, we document the decrease in victimisation rates during the COVID-19 lockdown period in New Zealand. We show that the changes in mobility patterns in the same period are significantly correlated with these changes in crime rates. We discuss how our preliminary empirical results accord with the theories of crime in economics and criminology.