to the police in the United States. Using daily domestic violence calls from 31 police departments for the January …We examine the effects of social distancing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on the reporting of domestic violence …-September 2020 (compared to 2019), we find that the early spike in police calls disappears around mid-April, coinciding with the …

In response to high-profile cases of police misconduct, reformers are calling for greater use of civilian allegations …

Around the world, policymakers and news reports have warned that domestic violence (DV) could increase as a result of …-opening. DV calls to police and to the hotline increased during the initial shutdown, but DV crimes decreased, as did arrests for … calls to the police and to the hotline. Our results highlight the heterogeneous effects of the pandemic across DV measures …

Recent contributions using police recorded calls-for-service and/or crime data to estimate impacts of COVID-19 … lockdowns on the incidence of domestic violence (DV) have reported relatively modest effects. This may reflect a low reporting … daily data on DV crimes recorded by the London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), we propose a method for generating a …