Residential Time Spent and Homicide during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Darcan, Emirhan; Cubukcu, Suat (8 September 2023). Residential Time Spent and Homicide during the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: 23rd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology Eurocrim2023. Florence. 6-9 September 2023.

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The United States has experienced a significant spike in homicide numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic (NCHS, 2021). While there are several arguments to explain the recent surge in homicides, this study explores to what extent changes in human mobility due to stay-at-home and social distancing measures explain the differences in homicide incidents. We conducted a fixed effect Poisson regression analysis using panel data (day of the week and week) from Chicago between February 2020 and July 2021. We found that more time spent in residential places significantly reduces the incidences of homicides that happened in residential and non-residential places.
Keywords: Homicide, COVID-19, stay-at-home orders, routine activity, Chicago

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Division/Institute:	02 Faculty of Law > Department of Penal Law > Institute for Penal Law and Criminology > Chair Prof. Weber 02 Faculty of Law > Department of Penal Law > Institute for Penal Law and Criminology
UniBE Contributor:	Darcan, Emirhan
Subjects:	300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 340 Law
Language:	English
Submitter:	Emirhan Darcan
Date Deposited:	12 Sep 2023 07:31
Last Modified:	12 Sep 2023 07:31
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/186231