The great crime recovery: Crimes against women during, and after, the COVID-19 lockdown in Mexico.
Econ Hum Biol
; 41: 100991, 2021 05.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33774434
This paper considers whether the COVID-19 stay-at-home order affected crimes targeting women. To answer this question, we use national municipal-level crime data from Mexico's National Public Security System. The NPSS reports sexual crimes, lapses in alimony, domestic violence, and femicides. Using the NPSS, we track monthly changes in crimes targeting women using an event-study design. Our results show that lapses in alimony, sexual crimes, and domestic violence follow a U-shaped trend. Each crime declined during the stay-at-home order, and then rose back to pre-COVID levels by October. Then, we analyze potential mechanisms for the reduction in crimes against women. We find that infection risk, victim-criminal match, and banning the sale of alcohol are related to higher declines in crime.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Controle de Doenças Transmissíveis
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Crime
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COVID-19
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Econ Hum Biol
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
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CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Holanda