Crime Trends During COVID-19 Pandemic Will Shift Beyond Common Street Crime, Says West Virginia University Sociologist
April 02, 2020
April 02, 2020
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, April 2 -- West Virginia University issued the following story:
With the novel coronavirus pandemic keeping Americans indoors, preliminary data suggests it has led to a decrease in crime.
But one crime expert at West Virginia University cautions that "every crisis is an opportunity for people to discover themselves, and to reveal who they are to others."
Serious felonies dropped 17 percent in New York City from March 16 . . .
With the novel coronavirus pandemic keeping Americans indoors, preliminary data suggests it has led to a decrease in crime.
But one crime expert at West Virginia University cautions that "every crisis is an opportunity for people to discover themselves, and to reveal who they are to others."
Serious felonies dropped 17 percent in New York City from March 16 . . .