Mapping Criminality during A COVID-19 Pandemic in Lumajang District

Abstract

During the Covid-19 pandemic, it's not just health, but it also creates economic problems. Just as an economic downturn is likely to increase street crimes such as thieves and muggers. The purpose of this study is to discover and map crime in Lumajang district and describe the reasons for the increase in theft during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research is a qualitative research with aphenomological approach. This research method seeks to reveal the universal meaning of thephenomenon experienced by the Lumajang community and is mapped based on the location of street crime using GIS. (Geographic Information System). The research data was taken from various interviews and field observations that focused on the increase in street crime during the Covid-19pandemic in Lumajang Regency by conducting an analysis of criminological theory, which then the results of this study were presented in the form of Mapping through GIS. The benefit of this research is to determine the increase in street crime during a pandemic in the form of mapping through theGeographical Information System.