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 …

Globally, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has sparked unexpected and violent outbursts against doctors …, nurses, and other health personnel. In the Indian context, studies on violence against doctors and other medical staff … violence against medical personnel partly, we argue that it is largely rooted in a lack of trust in doctors and hospitals …

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. …

Papers in the special issue were presented at five conferences in the After the Pandemic Conference Series, organized …

This study examines how school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic affected the reporting of child maltreatment in … Mexico City. We use a rich panel dataset on incident-level crime reports and victim characteristics and exploit the … pandemic may result in additional cases of child maltreatment, synthetic control and difference-in-differences estimations …