reduces both moderate and extreme violence. The reason is that a high penalty keeps relatively 'gutless' individuals from … relatively 'tough' individuals to commit moderately violent acts and so makes moderate violence more attractive for otherwise …

impoverished neighborhood, I examine the everyday violence and the responses of the population. Due to the deficient infrastructure …

Although women?s police centers have been gaining popularity as a measure to address domestic violence, to date no … quantitative evaluations of their impacts on the incidence of domestic violence or any other manifestations of gender equality have … most severe form of domestic violence. Given that a high fraction of female deaths among women ages 15 to 49 years can be …

violence. To understand why, this article offers a theory about criminal governance in five types of criminal regimes …

Theories of violence have traditionally predicted that bystanders are less likely to intervene when in the presence of … others than when alone. We re-examine this prediction using data from 42 episodes of public violence in quot …-transition diagrams. Analyses revealed that bystanders play a key role in shaping the trajectory of violence. They contributed more de …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender- based violence. Using … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This … appears to reflect reporting rather than incidence as we find no changes in femicide or in survey-reported domestic violence …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This … appears to reflect reporting rather than incidence as we find no changes in femicide or in survey-reported domestic violence …