Ефектът на пандемията от COVID-19 върху престъпността – последствия и рискове
The COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on crime – consequences and risks

Summary/Abstract: The health crisis, due to the COVID-19 attracts the attention of different kinds of experts, including criminologists. This is because the pandemic has affected one of the main research topics of the criminology – the criminality. In the very beginning of the crisis it has turned out that it would radically change the public and social organization which would inevitably influence the criminal tendencies. A few months after the lockdown in most of the countries one of the main research observation is that crime rates have decreased markedly. The pandemic has shown crime is an extremely dynamic social phenomenon capable to adapt quickly to the social changes. However, could we perceive positively this crime drop or should we regard it with sharp attention and have in mind the eventual social consequences and risks?

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