Cook, Jeremy A.; Taylor, Timothy W. - In: Journal of government and economics : JGE 11 (2023), pp. 1-9
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 …