Crime under lockdown: The impact of COVID-19 on citizen security in the city of Buenos Aires

This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown on criminal activity in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Following quarantine restrictions, we find alarge, significant, robust, and immediate decline in property crime reported to official agencies, police arrest...

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Autores principales: Perez-Vincent, Santiago M., Schargrodsky, Ernesto, García Mejía, Mauricio
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Criminology & Public Policy (e- ISSN:1745-9133) 2025
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Covid-19
Crimen
Crime
Delincuencia
Delinquency
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/13350
https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12555
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spelling I57-R163-20.500.13098-133502025-04-07T23:57:01Z Crime under lockdown: The impact of COVID-19 on citizen security in the city of Buenos Aires Perez-Vincent, Santiago M. Schargrodsky, Ernesto García Mejía, Mauricio Covid-19 Crimen Crime Delincuencia Delinquency This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown on criminal activity in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Following quarantine restrictions, we find alarge, significant, robust, and immediate decline in property crime reported to official agencies, police arrests, and crime reported in victimization surveys.We observe no significant change in homicides, and a significant increase in arrests for “resistance to authorities”. The decrease in criminal activity was greater in business and transportation areas, but still large in commercial and residential areas (including informal settlements). After the sharp and immediate fall, crime recovered but, by the end of 2020, it had not reached its initial levels. The arrest data additionally shows a reduction in the distance from the detainee’s address to the crime location, and a fall in the number of detainees from outside the City of Buenos Aires. Crime became more local as mobility was restricted. Criminology & Public Policy (e- ISSN:1745-9133) Wiley Periodicals LLC American Society of Criminology 2025-04-03T15:49:48Z 2021-10-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/13350 https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12555 eng Criminology & Public Policy (e- ISSN:1745-9133) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Argentina info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ pp. 463–492 application/pdf application/pdf
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Crimen
Crime
Delincuencia
Delinquency
spellingShingle Covid-19
Crimen
Crime
Delincuencia
Delinquency
Perez-Vincent, Santiago M.
Schargrodsky, Ernesto
García Mejía, Mauricio
Crime under lockdown: The impact of COVID-19 on citizen security in the city of Buenos Aires
topic_facet Covid-19
Crimen
Crime
Delincuencia
Delinquency
description This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown on criminal activity in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Following quarantine restrictions, we find alarge, significant, robust, and immediate decline in property crime reported to official agencies, police arrests, and crime reported in victimization surveys.We observe no significant change in homicides, and a significant increase in arrests for “resistance to authorities”. The decrease in criminal activity was greater in business and transportation areas, but still large in commercial and residential areas (including informal settlements). After the sharp and immediate fall, crime recovered but, by the end of 2020, it had not reached its initial levels. The arrest data additionally shows a reduction in the distance from the detainee’s address to the crime location, and a fall in the number of detainees from outside the City of Buenos Aires. Crime became more local as mobility was restricted.
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Schargrodsky, Ernesto
García Mejía, Mauricio
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title Crime under lockdown: The impact of COVID-19 on citizen security in the city of Buenos Aires
title_short Crime under lockdown: The impact of COVID-19 on citizen security in the city of Buenos Aires
title_full Crime under lockdown: The impact of COVID-19 on citizen security in the city of Buenos Aires
title_fullStr Crime under lockdown: The impact of COVID-19 on citizen security in the city of Buenos Aires
title_full_unstemmed Crime under lockdown: The impact of COVID-19 on citizen security in the city of Buenos Aires
title_sort crime under lockdown: the impact of covid-19 on citizen security in the city of buenos aires
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