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Mapping the Impact : Property Crime Trends in Kuching, Sarawak, During and After the COVID-19 Period (2020-2022)

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 meth...

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Main Authors: Azizul, Ahmad, Muhammad Haziq, Kelana, Ryoji, Soda, Norita, Jubit, Asykal Syakinah, Mohd Ali, Luqman Haqim, Bismelah, Tarmiji, Masron
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Geography UGM and The Indonesian Geographers Association 2024
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H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling my.unimas.ir.446982024-05-08T00:41:13Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44698/ Mapping the Impact : Property Crime Trends in Kuching, Sarawak, During and After the COVID-19 Period (2020-2022) Azizul, Ahmad Muhammad Haziq, Kelana Ryoji, Soda Norita, Jubit Asykal Syakinah, Mohd Ali Luqman Haqim, Bismelah Tarmiji, Masron H Social Sciences (General) 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. Faculty of Geography UGM and The Indonesian Geographers Association 2024-04-30 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44698/3/Mapping%20the%20Impact%20-%20Copy.pdf 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. 127-137. ISSN 2354-9114 (online) https://journal.ugm.ac.id/ijg/article/view/90057 DOI: 10.22146/ijg.56539
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Azizul, Ahmad
Muhammad Haziq, Kelana
Ryoji, Soda
Norita, Jubit
Asykal Syakinah, Mohd Ali
Luqman Haqim, Bismelah
Tarmiji, Masron
Mapping the Impact : Property Crime Trends in Kuching, Sarawak, During and After the COVID-19 Period (2020-2022)
description 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.
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author Azizul, Ahmad
Muhammad Haziq, Kelana
Ryoji, Soda
Norita, Jubit
Asykal Syakinah, Mohd Ali
Luqman Haqim, Bismelah
Tarmiji, Masron
author_facet Azizul, Ahmad
Muhammad Haziq, Kelana
Ryoji, Soda
Norita, Jubit
Asykal Syakinah, Mohd Ali
Luqman Haqim, Bismelah
Tarmiji, Masron
author_sort Azizul, Ahmad
title Mapping the Impact : Property Crime Trends in Kuching, Sarawak, During and After the COVID-19 Period (2020-2022)
title_short Mapping the Impact : Property Crime Trends in Kuching, Sarawak, During and After the COVID-19 Period (2020-2022)
title_full Mapping the Impact : Property Crime Trends in Kuching, Sarawak, During and After the COVID-19 Period (2020-2022)
title_fullStr Mapping the Impact : Property Crime Trends in Kuching, Sarawak, During and After the COVID-19 Period (2020-2022)
title_full_unstemmed Mapping the Impact : Property Crime Trends in Kuching, Sarawak, During and After the COVID-19 Period (2020-2022)
title_sort mapping the impact : property crime trends in kuching, sarawak, during and after the covid-19 period (2020-2022)
publisher Faculty of Geography UGM and The Indonesian Geographers Association
publishDate 2024
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44698/3/Mapping%20the%20Impact%20-%20Copy.pdf
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