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In brief... Lockdown, recession and crime

Tom Kirchmaier and Carmen Villa-Llera


What has happened to criminal activity in England and Wales during the pandemic? Tom Kirchmaier and Carmen VillaLlera explore the effects of lockdown and job loss on the kinds of crimes being committed ? and the ability of police to detect them.


1 March 2021     Paper Number CEPCP597

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Community Wellbeing programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Crime