We study the relevance of gender norms in accounting for the incidence and intensity of domestic violence. We use data … for 28 European countries from the 2012 EU survey on violence against women, and focus on first- and second … the incidence of intimate partner violence …

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 …

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 …

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 …

relationship between women's employment status and their well-being as measured by freedom from marital violence yields an … and their ownership of property, respectively, on spousal violence. Unlike the existing literature, we treat women's work … status and violence as simultaneously determined and find that women's engagement in paid work and ownership of property, are …