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 …

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 …

We study the impacts of COVID-19 on domestic violence and family stress. Our empirical analysis relies on a unique … may affect family stress and domestic violence. We find no evidence that changes in work arrangements are related to self …-reported levels of family stress and violence in the home due to confinement, suggesting that remote work on a large scale does not …

We study the impacts of COVID-19 on domestic violence and family stress. Our empirical analysis relies on a unique … may affect family stress and domestic violence. We find no evidence that changes in work arrangements are related to self …-reported levels of family stress and violence in the home due to confinement, suggesting that remote work on a large scale does not …

We investigate the impacts of COVID-19 on domestic violence and family stress. Our empirical analysis relies on a … may affect family stress and domestic violence. We find no evidence that employment status and work arrangements are … related to higher self-reported levels of family stress and violence in the home due to confinement, suggesting that remote …

reduces both moderate and extreme violence. The reason is that a high penalty keeps relatively 'gutless' individuals from … relatively 'tough' individuals to commit moderately violent acts and so makes moderate violence more attractive for otherwise …

( including female suicides) fell. This fall is due to changes in police-reported violence as well as in female mortality. The law … women's improved access to inheritance on violence against women. I find that the aggregate rate of violence against women … did not change male mortality or other forms of non-gender based crime. Further, at the individual level I find that …

the pandemic, as whether crime deterrence will increase or decrease should depend on the strength of the effects at play …How should we think about crime deterrence in times of pandemics? The economic analysis of crime tells us that … potential offenders will compare the costs and the benefits from crime and from innocence and then choose whichever option that …