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Crime During COVID-19: The Impact on Retail

Ben Stickle (Middle Tenneessee State Univeristy, US)

Basia Pietrawska (CAP Index, Inc. US)

Steven K. Aurand (CAP Index, Inc. US)

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

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Emerald Publishing Limited