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.
Highlights
1.1 Impact of air pollutionIn recent years, the problem of air pollution has become much more serious
Few scholars have examined the effects of air pollution on mental health and how it could lead to changes in human behavior and daily activity
The spatial-temporal models were compared to other traditional models to determine if air pollution had an association with various types of crime
Summary
1.1 Impact of air pollutionIn recent years, the problem of air pollution has become much more serious. The accumulation of air pollutant density and the length of exposure have many negative impacts on human health, including both physical and mental illnesses. Shin et al.,[4] and Zeng et al [5] argue that air pollution could increase stress and inflammatory reactions. They have found an association between the subjective stress of daily activities and long-term exposure to ambient air pollutants. According to Shin et al [4], men as well anyone under the age of 65 are at greater risk of developing mental problems because these groups are more likely to have been exposed to air pollution due to their higher mobility rates and greater activity levels. Lu et al [6], who explore the correlation
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