[experimental format] Your First Five: COVID-19
I'm Aaron Jacklin, and this is Explaining Crime, an independent newsletter that helps you explain crime to your audience.
Your First Five is a daily (M-F) series that publishes a curated selection of recent research related to crime and justice. Each post contains links to new studies that I hope will enhance your work explaining crime.
This week, I’m experimenting with a new format and publishing schedule that I think will serve you better. Each day’s collection of studies will be related by a theme. Today’s studies are all related to COVID-19 and tomorrow’s will all be related to sexual violence.
These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published recently by journals I monitor:
1. A multi-method case study of a police agency’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, published in Policing: An International Journal. (Restricted access)
2. Shifts in property crime patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, published in Journal of Experimental Criminology. (Open access)
3. Veterans Treatment Courts during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Examination of Adaptations and Best Practices for Continuing Operation, published in American Journal of Criminal Justice. (Restricted access)
4. Punitiveness toward social distancing deviance in the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from two national experiments, published in Journal of Experimental Criminology. (Restricted access)
5. The Deleterious Health Consequences of COVID in United States Prisons, published in American Journal of Criminal Justice. (Restricted access)
I might cover some of these studies further in Understanding Crime. If one sounds interesting or important, let me know in the comments.
Right now, I'm considering number 2. Here's why:
The 2020 pandemic caused a permanent shift in property crime from on-site to on-line spaces. Potential mechanisms point to disruptions in mobility in retail and recreational areas, residential zones, and workplaces as important mediating factors.