The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on crime and its implications for public health: a case study from a small developing country
While COVID-19 restrictions initially influenced certain crime rates, the effect varied across crime types. Policy interventions based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic must be done to strategically reduce and prevent crime without having the negative side effects of the pandemic.
Authors
- Shalini Pooransingh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5534-3762)
- Isaac Dialsingh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6121-6126)
- Navin Dookeram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9144-0703)
- Asad Mohammed
Institutions
- University of the West Indies (TT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdae260
- Primary Topic
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00