@article{ref1,
title="Geographic disparities in violent crime during the COVID-19 lockdown in Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2018-2020",
journal="Journal of experimental criminology",
year="2023",
author="Moise, Imelda K. and Piquero, Alex R.",
volume="19",
number="1",
pages="97–106-97–106",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This study uses two cluster detection techniques to identify clusters of violent crime during the 3 months of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in Miami-Dade County compared to that during an equivalent period in 2018 and 2019. <br><br>METHODS: Violent crime data from the Miami-Dade Central Records Bureau were analyzed. The Local Indicators of Spatial Association statistics and a space-time permutation statistic were used to identify clusters of violent crimes and outliers, and Global Moran's I tool was used to assess spatial patterning in violent crime. Neighborhood disadvantage data were obtained from the American Community Survey 5-year estimates linked with arrest locations. <br><br>RESULTS: Violent crime arrests fell by 7.1% in 2020. Arrests were concentrated in predominantly Black disadvantaged neighborhoods in the northern part, and similar results were produced for core clusters by the two cluster techniques with positive global Moran's I for all study years. Although accounting for only 17% of the county population, nearly half of violent crime arrests were for Black or African American. Males comprised most violent crime arrests. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Crime prevention and intervention efforts should be focused on both high-risk places and offenders.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1573-3750",
doi="10.1007/s11292-021-09474-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11292-021-09474-x"
}