@article{kruisbergen_pandemie_2021, title = {De pandemie als criminologisch experiment}, volume = {47}, issn = {0167-5850}, url = {https://www.bjutijdschriften.nl/tijdschrift/justitieleverkenningen/2021/3/JV_0167-5850_2021_047_003_002}, doi = {10.5553/JV/016758502021047003002}, abstract = {Abstract: „Het ‘grootste criminologische experiment in de geschiedenis’, zo noemden twee Amerikaanse criminologen de pandemie (Stickle \& Felson 2020). En terecht. De sociale onthouding die overheden in vele landen hebben opgelegd als reactie op de coronapandemie, brengt interessante vragen en onderzoeksmogelijkheden met zich mee. Eén van die vragen is hoe criminaliteit zich ontwikkelt in tijden van gedwongen thuisblijven en afgenomen sociaal verkeer. Die vraag staat in dit artikel centraal. We gebruiken in onze analyses politiegegevens afkomstig uit de Corona Crime Change Monitor over twaalf ‘coronamaanden’ (medio maart 2020-medio maart 2021) en vergelijken de ontwikkeling van de criminaliteit in die periode met de ontwikkeling in dezelfde periode een jaar eerder. The social abstinence imposed by governments in many countries in response to the corona pandemic raises interesting questions and research opportunities. One of those questions is how crime develops in times of forced stay at home and reduced social interaction. That question is the focus of this article. In their analysis, the authors use police data from the Corona Crime Change Monitor for twelve ‘corona months’ (mid-March 2020-mid-March 2021) and compare the development of crime in that period with the development in the same period a year earlier.“}, language = {nl}, number = {3}, urldate = {2023-04-13}, journal = {Justitiële verkenningen}, author = {Kruisbergen, Edwin and Haas, Marco and Es, Lisa and Snijders, Joanieke}, year = {2021}, keywords = {Kriminalität, Open Access/Volltext}, pages = {9--34}, } @article{kruisbergen_gelegenheid_2020, title = {De gelegenheid te baat nemen? {Criminaliteit} in tijden van corona en sociale onthouding}, volume = {41}, issn = {1380-6424}, url = {https://www.bjutijdschriften.nl/tijdschrift/rechtderwerkelijkheid/2020/3/RdW_1380-6424_2020_041_003_003}, doi = {10.5553/RdW/138064242020041003003}, abstract = {Abstract: „To control the COVID-19 outbreak Dutch government opted for a so-called intelligent lockdown. The virus as well as the lockdown caused significant personal and societal damage. It also created, however, a unique natural experiment. How did the forced stay in affect the crime levels? This article presents empirical data on crime trends during the lockdown. Initially, the general crime level decreased sharply. However, the general crime level quickly returned to pre-lockdown levels. Different types of crime displayed divergent trends, e.g. property crimes decreased sharply whereas online crime rates increased considerably. These trends fit rather well with an opportunity theoretical approach regarding crime.“}, language = {nl}, number = {3}, urldate = {2023-04-13}, journal = {Recht der Werkelijkheid}, author = {Kruisbergen, Edwin and Haas, Marco and Snijders, Joanieke and Maas, Ron}, year = {2020}, keywords = {Kriminalität, Open Access/Volltext}, pages = {31--50}, }