Covid-19 Research
The VRC team and affiliated researchers are organising webinars and writing on themes relating to the pandemic. You can find papers on Covid-19 themes in two other research projects: EBLS (stage 4) and z-proso.
Research Projects
Global Crime during Covid-19
The emergency measures imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic constitute a unique set of interventions that deeply affect daily routines of people in all societies across the globe. Evidence is emerging that crime levels fell substantially for many types of crime in many societies during the crisis. Read more here.
Publications - VRC
Available on the HFG website - here. An article published in Policing Insight covered this report. You can read it here.
Webinars - VRC
Dr Peter Neyroud, Prof Manuel Eisner & Prof Amy Nivette: Social Distancing in the Pandemic: Policing and Compliance - 24 April 2020
- Please downolad slides from: https://www.vrc.crim.cam.ac.uk/file/pnpolicingthepandemicpdf (PN) and https://www.vrc.crim.cam.ac.uk/file/meandancomplianceslidespdf (ME and AM)
- You will find the podcast (audio) at https://soundcloud.com/vrc-cambridge/social-distancing-in-the-pandemic-policing-and-compliance
A subsequent paper presented the findings mentioned in the webinar.
Non-compliance with COVID-19-related public health measures among young adults: Insights from a longitudinal cohort study by Amy Nivette, Denis Ribeaud, Aja Murray, Annekatrin Steinhoff, Laura Bechtiger, Urs Hepp, Lilly Shanahan and Manuel Eisner. It is available here.
Prof Manuel Eisner: Crime in Times of the Pandemic. An Outline of Research Issues
- Please downolad slides fromwww.vrc.crim.cam.ac.uk/file/pandemiccrimepublicwebinarpptx
- You will find the podcast (audio) at https://soundcloud.com/vrc-cambridge/crime-in-the-pandemic