Abstract
The rise of digital business models, social media platforms, and intensified use of cyberspace during the COVID-19 pandemic have inevitably seen respective and associated cyber and cyber-enabled crimes. There have also been fluctuations in other forms of crimes during the pandemic. This chapter provides a critical overview of crime during natural disasters and pandemics. The paper also outlines a comprehensive background on pandemics, natural disasters, and crimes beside attempting to critically review the existing literature on the correlation between these concepts. It then adopts a case study approach to assess the correlation between pandemics and crime using secondary data sources.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Social Media Analytics, Strategies and Governance |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Chapter | 8 |
| Pages | 172-191 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 21 Dec 2021 |
