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Domestic violence remains a serious public problem, especially in Hispanic communities, where one in three women are … victims of domestic violence in their lifetimes. Yet, less than 50 percent of Hispanic women report the incidents, indicating … in curtailing domestic violence, whether it is by promoting the early reporting of incidents, inhibiting potential …
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There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a … decriminalization of domestic violence and suggest the optimal police response is to lower the threshold for arrest. …
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-deployed units contributed to community violence in the form of assaults, murders, and robberies. In contrast, estimates of the …
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policy for domestic assault offenders. The first of these was the Minneapolis Domestic Violence experiment (MDVE), which was …
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hooligans reap utility from violence and social identity and study the effects of different police strategies. We find that an … increase in discriminative policing, provided by intelligence units, for example, always reduces violence. Under the right … circumstances, it may also lead to larger supporter clubs and a significant drop in violence. Indiscriminate policing, such as the …
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We investigate the impact of childcare provision on cases of child abuse and neglect in Germany between 2002 and 2014. For identification, we exploit a governmental reform introducing mandatory early child care. The implementation at the county level generated large temporal and spatial...
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experienced a significant increase in anti-immigrant violence, which lasted for about two years before returning to its pre …
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We study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence against women in Germany in 2020. The analysis draws … online survey with counsellors and domestic violence experts. The number of violence-related requests at helplines increased … substituted help services away from ambulatory care towards helplines. We do not observe exacerbated violence in states with …
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Based on a theoretical framework on informal, custodial and non-custodial sentencing, the paper provides econometric tests on the effectiveness of police, public prosecution and courts. Using a unique dataset covering German states for the period 19772001, a comprehensive system of criminal...
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In this paper data from a survey of 1,771 inmates conducted in 31 German prisons provide microeconometric evidence on the relationship between individual anticipated labour market opportunities and the perceived probability of future recidivism. Results show that inmates with poor labour market...
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