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Crime in America During Covid-19

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Crime in America During Covid-19 

 

Farrah Kannan

Professor Domínguez 

Politics of Global Pandemic 

6 August 2020

 

Being in quarantine has caused an uptick in crime. We’ve been in quarantine since March of 2020. Many people have never experienced this type of isolation in their lives. Think about it, not leaving your house, not socializing, your children not being able to attend school. This has definitely brought tension in households. All you have to do is turn on the news, all you’ll see is violence, such as homicides, robberies, assaults, and domestic violence.  I can’t help but feel that the Covid-19 pandemic and the regulations associated with it, such as,  the closing of businesses, parks and recreation facilities, schools, and most importantly the public being quarantined in our homes, are the main contributors to the uptick in crime. 

   Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins said, “she is concerned about a recent uptick in gun violence in Boston, and also about domestic violence cases while Massachusetts residents are asked to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic.” 

   Recent studies on crime durning Covid-19 show that there are more homicides than previous years.  Looking at Picture 1,  you can see how the 2020 weekly homicide rates increased. 

Picture 1

Picture 2

If you look at another chart, (Picture 2)  it shows that a decrease in assaults with a firearm in March 2019,  and an increase in July 2020 proves my point, as well as DA Rollin’s point,  that gun violence did rise durning the height of Covid-19.

Child Abuse and neglect have also been prevailing during Covid-19.  According to Leonard Carollo, chief of the FBI’s Crimes Against Children and Human Trafficking Unit, “The FBI has seen more than 300 of these incidents in the last three months”  

Other sources say the abuse is worse than usual. Kids are admitted to hospitals with more severe injuries. “Several advocates and pediatricians who specialize in child abuse say they are seeing an increase in the number of abused children who need to be hospitalized.” 

As we get through this pandemic and approach the fall where a second wave is being predicted by the medical professionals, I hope that we can somehow find a way to get people the help they need, whether they are a victim of crime, or they are having a tough time emotionally or physically. Helping them seek treatment should be part of a plan for the phases each state is implementing as we work our way through this pandemic.

Citations- 
Lopez, German, (Aug 3, 2020) “The murder spike in big US cities, explained”
https://www.vox.com/2020/8/3/21334149/murders-crime-shootings-2020-coronavirus-pandemic
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Keller, Jon (May 10, 2020) “DA Rollins ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Violence Increase During Coronavirus”
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/05/10/keller-large-da-rollins-deeply-concerned-about-violence-increase-during-coronavirus/ 
FBI (June 5, 2020) Staying Safe During the Pandemic
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/staying-safe-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-060520 
Woodall, Candy (May 13, 2020) As hospitals see more severe child abuse injuries during coronavirus, ‘the worst is yet to come’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/13/hospitals-seeing-more-severe-child-abuse-injuries-during-coronavirus/3116395001/ 
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