Crime During COVID-19: The Impact on Retail
Crime and Social Control in Pandemic Times
ISBN: 978-1-80382-280-8, eISBN: 978-1-80382-279-2
Publication date: 6 April 2023
Abstract
Purpose – This chapter seeks to understand what occurred with five different types of crime among eight retail sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021 to allow retailers to respond to crime, risk, and loss.
Methodology/Approach – Data as reported by police in seven major US cities during the first six months of 2019, 2020, and 2021 were analyzed from a Routine Activities perspective.
Findings – The study results show that crime varied by type and location during COVID-19.
Originality/Value – This analysis provides the first examination of crime across several types and eight retail sectors.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments
The authors thank CAP Index for collecting, processing, and analyzing the retail-specific crime data that served as a foundation for this chapter.
Citation
Stickle, B., Pietrawska, B. and Aurand, S.K. (2023), "Crime During COVID-19: The Impact on Retail", Deflem, M. (Ed.) Crime and Social Control in Pandemic Times (Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance, Vol. 28), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 87-104. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1521-613620230000028007
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2023 Ben Stickle, Basia Pietrawska and Steven K. Aurand