Crime and Gender Segregation

Knight, Brian; Ponce de Leon, Maria Mercedes; Tribin, Ana

Crime and Gender Segregation

Autores

Knight, Brian

Ponce de Leon, Maria Mercedes

Tribin, Ana

Editor

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank

Descripción

The city of Bogota implemented a lockdown during the pandemic under which only men were allowed out on odd days and only women were allowed out on even days. Crime rates in Bogota increased, relative to a synthetic Bogota and relative to the pre-period, during this gender-based lockdown. Moreover, this increase is driven by more crime on men-only days and, more specifically, more robberies with male victims on men-only days. There is no evidence that higher crime rates on men-only days are offset by lower crime rates on women only days. In fact, there is evidence of some increases in crimes with female victims on women-only days. There was an increase in robberies involving female victims on women-only days during the second half of the lockdown, when some restrictions were eased and more men, and thus more potential perpetrators, were on the streets. Overall, the gender-based lockdown, if anything, increased crime.

Palabras clave

COVID-19, GENDER, LOCKDOWN, CRIME, COLOMBIA, GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, SDG 3, GENDER EQUALITY, SDG 5, PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS, SDG 16