Analyzing the relationship between air pollution and various types of crime
Adult
Male
Domestic Violence
Science
Theft
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
5. Gender equality
11. Sustainability
Humans
Weather
Air Pollutants
Models, Statistical
Q
Fraud
R
Australia
Middle Aged
16. Peace & justice
Police
3. Good health
Socioeconomic Factors
13. Climate action
Air Pollution, Indoor
Medicine
Female
Research Article
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0255653
Publication Date:
2021-08-13T17:32:42Z
AUTHORS (2)
ABSTRACT
Air pollution has a severe impact on human physical and mental health. When the air quality is poor enough to cause respiratory irritation, people tend to stay home and avoid any outdoor activities. In addition, air pollution may cause mental health problems (depression and anxiety) which were associated with high crime risk. Therefore, in this study, it is hypothesized that increasing air pollution level is associated with higher indoor crime rates, but negatively associated with outdoor crime rates because it restricts people’s daily outdoor activities. Three types of crimes were used for this analysis: robbery (outdoor crime), domestic violence (indoor crime), and fraud (cybercrime). The results revealed that the geographically and temporally weighted regression (GTWR) model performed best with lower AIC values. In general, in the higher population areas with more severe air pollution, local authorities should allocate more resources, extra police officers, or more training programs to help them prevent domestic violence, rather than focusing on robbery.
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