Assignment task: Crime rates can be affected by a number of external factors. In March 2020 when the global pandemic of COVID-19 hit, we saw a natural experiment playing out in real-time with regards to crime rates. Since then, a number of researchers have begun to examine how COVID-19 has impacted crime rates in the United States. Please listen to the brief podcast linked below before responding to the discussion post regarding the impact of COVID-19 on crime rates.
Based on the information in the text regarding what impacts crime rates and the interview on NPR.... the following questions:
Q1. Why do you think that the overall crime rate declined during the pandemic?
Q2. Why do you think that murders and other violent crimes have increased?