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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought changes to everyday life that have impacted on levels and types of crime and disorder prevalent in societies, in many cases leading to reductions in crime but in other cases increases. This has implications for policing and security. This chapter discusses the evidence, offers explanations for changing crime patterns and discusses the implications for policing by the public police, private sector and informal guardians.
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See: https://covid19-crime.com/, accessed 2 March 2021.
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Leamington Spa Street Marshals (warwick.ac.uk), accessed 12 February 2021.
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Mawby, R.I. (2022). Explaining the Impact and Implications of COVID-19 on Crime Rates: A Criminological Perspective. In: Gill, M. (eds) The Handbook of Security. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91735-7_4
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