Mapping the impact: Property crime trends in Kuching, Sarawak, during and after the covid-19 period (2020-2022)

Azizul Ahmad and Muhammad Haziq Kelana and Ryoji Soda and Norita Jubit and Asykal Syakinah Mohd Ali and Luqman Haqim Bismelah and Tarmiji Masron (2024) Mapping the impact: Property crime trends in Kuching, Sarawak, during and after the covid-19 period (2020-2022). Indonesian Journal of Geography, 56 (1). pp. 1-11. ISSN 0024-9521

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URL: https://journal.ugm.ac.id/ijg/article/view/90057

Abstract

This study aims to explore how COVID-19 and the Movement Control Order (MCO) have influenced the trend of property crimes in Kuching, Sarawak spanning from 2020 until 2022. The lockdown imposed by the government had impacted daily activities in Malaysia, including those in Kuching, Sarawak. The methodology employed in this research involves descriptive analysis and spatial analysis, specifically using the Hot Spot Getis GI* technique, with the support of ArcGIS software. It examines relationships between crime and geography. The trend of property crime cases dropped from 1,144 cases (2020) to 813 cases in 2021 and ended with 683 cases in the year 2022. The value of GiZScore from the lowest of 2.066694 to the highest of 13.365677 is from the year 2021. Property crime in Kuching’s urban center was targeted even during MCO beginning March 2020 to November 1, 2021. This indicates a notable decrease in property crime trends during the COVID-19 (2020-2021) pandemic period due to the MCO and lockdown which continue to impact into the subsequent endemic era of 2022. This demonstrates the efficiency of the Royal Malaysia Police, particularly in the context of Kuching, Sarawak

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Burglary Crime; COVID-19; Crime Hot Spot Mapping; Property Crime; Spatial Analysis
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV1-9960 Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV6001-7220.5 Criminology > HV6035-6197 Criminal anthropology: Including criminal types, criminal psychology, prison psychology, causes of crime R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA1-1270 Public aspects of medicine > RA421-790.95 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine > RA643-645 Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health
Department:	INSTITUTE > Borneo Institute for Indigenous Studies
Depositing User:	ABDULLAH BIN SABUDIN -
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2024 08:22
Last Modified:	27 Sep 2024 08:22
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41086

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