Begun Center’s Daniel Flannery explains that whether crime increases during disasters depends on how it’s measured

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cleveland.comDaniel Flannery, the Dr. Semi J. and Ruth Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, explained that whether crime increases during disasters depends on how it’s measured and whether crimes are reported.