We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender- based violence. Using … administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using … administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …

With crimes in India rising exponentially in the last decade, particularly violence against women, several states have … its impact on crimes against women. Results indicate that overall there is no significant impact on violence against women … for specific states. While in states that implemented the new system prior to 2016, crime rates against women decreased …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using … administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …

This paper investigates the consequences of sex imbalance in India's population for violence against women. We match … district level administrative crime data by category to age- specific sex ratios in census data across four decades and, to … analyse mechanisms, we also use administrative data on marriage rates and household survey data on attitudes to violence …

violence against their partners, suggesting a causal channel between alcohol consumption and domestic violence. These results … associated with lower rates of motor vehicle accidents and crimes against women, but not other forms of crime. …

reliefs to the victims of sexual harassment at working place but this grievous form of crime against women still continues to … be a matter of concern. In order to curb this heinous crime, first of all, the faulty and controversial clauses in the …