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

Domestic violence is a serious under-reported crime in the United States, especially among immigrant women. While the … crucial given growing police mistrust and vulnerability to crime among immigrants. … Violence against Women Act (VAWA) allows battered immigrants to petition for legal status without relying on abusive U …

domestic-related calls for service and crime reports of domestic violence assaults from the 18 major US police departments for …, police reports of domestic violence assaults declined significantly during the initial shutdown period. There was no …We empirically investigate the impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on domestic violence using incident-level data on both …

This paper asks whether social movements taking place on Twitter affect gender-based violence (GBV). Using Twitter data … link this data to weekly crime reports at the federal state level from the United States. We exploit the high … point out that Twitter tweets related to GBV lead to a decrease in reported crime rates. The evidence shows that …

This paper provides a county-level investigation of the root causes of gun violence in the U.S. To guide our empirical … the number of illegal guns and decrease with social capital and police intensity. Using detailed panel data from the …, social capital, and police intensity consistent with our theoretical predictions. Based on our analysis, we derive a range of …

This paper provides a county-level investigation of the root causes of gun violence in the U.S. To guide our empirical … the number of illegal guns and decrease with social capital and police intensity. Using detailed panel data from the …, social capital, and police intensity consistent with our theoretical predictions. Based on our analysis, we derive a range of …

results are due to opposite effects of pandemic shutdowns on two measures of DV in police data: an increase in domestic … violence 911 calls and a decrease in DV crime reports. In theory, this divergence can come from either higher DV reporting …This chapter examines the impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on domestic violence (DV) in the United States. Despite …

related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Results show that more prosperous states and states with more elderly and physicians have …