We document a reduction in police reporting of domestic violence during shelter-in-place (SIP) orders issued by city … city-specific SIP orders to identify a decrease as high as 11 percent in police reports of domestic violence. Lockdowns … governments in March and April of 2020. Using data from 18 large U.S. city police departments, we exploit the unique timing of …

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the prescribed countermeasures of restrictions to mobility and social … behavior and illegal activity. In this study, we investigate the effects of COVID-19-induced lockdowns on recorded crime in … unveiling the impact on criminal activities by type of shutdown policy. We use official crime data across the universe of local …

This paper investigates the role of testing and age-composition in the Covid-19 epidemic. We augment a standard SIR …

This paper investigates the role of testing and age-composition in the Covid-19 epidemic. We augment a standard SIR …

general practice health services caused by the pandemic. For this, we construct a counterfactual group using prescription data … of other drug classes whose incidence was not directly effected by the pandemic but that experienced a reduction in … associated with reduced mobility, greater number of unemployment benefit claimants and higher infection incidence of coronavirus …

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to lifestyle changes across Europe with a likely impact on sleep quality. This … investigation considers sleep quality in relation to the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in five European countries. Using panel … deaths/100,000 inhabitants (our proxy for the evolution of the pandemic) significantly reduced sleep quality in France …

The three lockdown periods across 2020-2021 due to COVID-19 had significant consequences for police. Pandemic lockdown … Wales. The analysis demonstrates the existence of two counter-prevailing dynamics in the working world of police in England … police and the public and senior officers' sensitivity to the needs of the workforce, were foci of concern and discussion. On …

In 2006, approximately 49% of violent crimes were not reported to police. Being the victim of sexual assault is … 2006, during which time a chief of police publicly supported a policy of charging victims of sexual assault for medical … response highlights the importance of public policies which reduce the private cost of reporting crime …

Guns and Violence tells a remarkable story of a society's self-destruction, of how a government in a few decades … managed to reverse six hundred years of social progress in violence reduction. The book is also a testament to the amazing …