less conventional factors such as abortion or gun laws. The hypothesis that drug prohibition generates violence, however … role in determining violence"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site …

Domestic violence remains a major public policy concern despite two decades of policy intervention. To eliminate police … inaction in response to domestic violence, many states have passed mandatory arrest laws, which require the police to arrest … abusers when a domestic violence incident is reported. These laws were justified by a randomized experiment in Minnesota which …

of over 300 acts of extreme violence. Using unique data on attacks and on abortions, abortion providers, and births, we … examine how anti-abortion violence has affected providers' decisions to perform abortions and women's decisions about whether … and where to terminate a pregnancy. We find that clinic violence reduces abortion services in targeted areas. Once travel …