The pandemic paradox: The consequences of COVID‐19 on domestic violence

By C. Bradbury‐Jones, L. Isham. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2020

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COVID-19 (the new strain of coronavirus) has been declared a global pandemic. Measures announced over recent weeks to tackle it have seen people's day-to-day life drastically altered. These changes are essential to beat coronavirus and protect health systems (UK Home Office 2020). However, there are unintended, negative consequences. As the virus continues to spread across the world, it brings with it multiple new stresses, including physical and psychological health risks, isolation and loneliness, the closure of many schools and businesses, economic vulnerability and job losses. Through all of that, children (and their mothers) are particularly vulnerable (End Violence against Children, 2020) to the risk of domestic violence. Domestic violence refers to a range of violations that happen within a domestic space. It is a broad term that encompasses intimate partner violence (IPV), a form of abuse that is perpetrated by a current or ex-partner.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics

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• Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on socio-economic, energy-environment and transport sector globally and sustainable development goal (SDG) (2021, neutral): “…of domestic violence, which includes physical, emotional, and sexual abuse increased (Roesch et al., 2020) in Brazil (40%–50%), and in Spain, Cyprus, UK, and Singapore helpline received 20%, 30%, 25%, 33% higher call respectively because of the domestic violence (Bradbury-Jones and Isham, 2020).”