Request
Stop, Question, and Frisk data from January 2015 to June 2020.
I am working with *** on a time-sensitive research project for the University of Pennsylvania examining the impact of COVID-19 on crime. The goal is to leverage aggregated crime and policing data to learn in close to real time how to effectively promote public safety amidst the changes brought upon by COVID-19. With this, we aim to improve public safety and health in the “new normal” by sharing our findings with cities across the country.
We have located the Stop, Question and Frisk Data for 2003 to 2019 on the NYC gov website, but were unable to find a more comprehensive data set that included 2020. The data is only available until 2019, but we would greatly benefit from an aggregated CSV or excel doc to current day if possible. As part of this research, we are requesting the latest version of the Stop, Question and Frisk data from 2015 to present as a pure data file. This would really help our research, and we are more than willing to share our findings with you to benefit the state of NY as well. Because of the time-sensitive nature of this work, we would greatly appreciate a timely response, if at all possible. If it is easier to speak by phone, please let me know the best time and number to call.
Crime and Criminal Justice Response to the Coronavirus and Lockdowns:
The global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus and responses to it beginning in early 2020 has had far ranging impact. One domain where the effects are likely to be complex is crime and criminal justice. This paper has two aims: First, to aggregate data from major U.S. cities in order to get rapid and broad measures of the impact of the pandemic on crime. Second, to construct a simple model of crime in a pandemic and calibrate it using the aggregated data. The hope is that this effort may have both short and long-term utility, both in considering pandemic response and in our understanding of supply and demand for crime.
Data
From top 25 US cities:
Time series of crime incidents and arrests from 2015 to present. (almost universally available)
Shootings (available in some cities)
Domestic violence incidents (available in some cities)
Prison release data
Individual movement data (e.g. from Google, Apple, SafeGraph)
Covid prevalence data, including: positive diagnoses, total tests, deaths
Critical dates including:
Stay-at-home orders, social distancing orders, orders regarding policing, orders regarding prison releases, orders regarding detention policies for new arrestees, re-opening orders
Key Questions
How has crime incidence been impacted by a) the pandemic and b) lockdowns?
How does this vary by crime type/region/offender characteristics?
Same as above for arrests.
Is crime data reliable? Can we use some crime types (like shootings and homicides) to tell whether incidence data may be under-reported?
Can we identify an impact of different orders on crime?
Can we use the abrupt pandemic-induced changes to estimate a simple model of crime?