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 … distribution of CARES Act stimulus payments. We observe that domestic violence calls for areas with higher concentration of …

A large body of evidence documents a link between alcohol consumption and violence involving intimate partners and …-at-home orders, there has been a marked increase in domestic violence. This research considers an important mechanism behind the … increase in domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: an increase in the riskiness of alcohol consumption. We combine 911 …

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