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During the COVID-19 lockdown in the Philippines, the crime rate dropped significantly. With businesses closed and few people outside, there were limited opportunities to commit crimes like robbery, kidnapping, or other offenses. Additionally, the weakened economy reduced the pressures of poverty that can sometimes lead to criminal behavior as a means of survival. However, the strict lockdown rules also criminalized some activities and did not adequately address the needs of the most vulnerable. If another lockdown is implemented, the government must first ensure support for all citizens to prevent overcriminalization and gain full compliance with quarantine protocols.

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ANG, Alicia Abby Ann E. Crim 1B

During the COVID-19 lockdown in the Philippines, the crime rate dropped significantly. With businesses closed and few people outside, there were limited opportunities to commit crimes like robbery, kidnapping, or other offenses. Additionally, the weakened economy reduced the pressures of poverty that can sometimes lead to criminal behavior as a means of survival. However, the strict lockdown rules also criminalized some activities and did not adequately address the needs of the most vulnerable. If another lockdown is implemented, the government must first ensure support for all citizens to prevent overcriminalization and gain full compliance with quarantine protocols.

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ANG, Alicia Abby Ann E.

CRIM 1B

1. The fact that everyone was forbidden to go outside and perform their daily transactions, crime rate
definitely reduced during the total lockdown. How can they commit robbery when the businesses are
closed? How can they kidnap when there are barely people going outside? And more logically, how can
they conceal themselves from committing a crime if there is a spreading deadly virus and the streets are
spacious with a lot of checkpoints everywhere?

Moreover, our crimes are dependent on our economy for both crimes against person and
property. This is especially the case that poverty is evident in Philippines, and that majority of illegal
personalities make their adverse job as a livelihood of for them to support themselves and their family.
But they cannot perform such crimes if there are no available opportunities around, now that
establishments are bankrupted, educational institutions are closed, and even malls are shut down. Since
there is a drastic economic decline during this pandemic, the crime rate massively dropped to 53% as
well.

2. Yes. Law enforcers did attempt to regulate the quarantine community, but there were times when the
implemented rules are inconsiderate to its residences. People are claiming that hunger is taking over
their families and that they can no longer stay inside their house without work nor source of income.
Much more that the government is not giving adequate support for millions of poor people, giving
insufficient weekly reliefs for a big family. Certainly, we should not criminalize them in disobeying the
protocols if they are in need for their basic necessities.

During the ECQ, the administration tried so hard to attain the quarantine as if it is the best solution and
all that we can do in fighting the virus. But look at Philippines right now. The government imposed the
new normal as if there is no pandemic at all, when in fact, they gave no mercy to arrested protesters
during the ECQ. They were inconsistent with the plans and spontaneously criminalizes without
assurance of proper deliberation. This therefore makes some past quarantine rules overcriminalizing
that became ineffective due to various conditions that the enforcers failed to address.

If we are to reimplement ECQ, we should consider the concerns that happened in our first attempt of
locking down the community in order to implement a just and orderly protocols and prevent
overcriminalization. And most importantly, the government should ensure full support first before rules
become effective and obeyed by its residences without a problem.

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