Sheltering in place and domestic violence: Evidence from calls for service during COVID-19

By Emily Leslie, Riley Wilson. Journal of Public Economics, 2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an economic slowdown as more people practice social distancing and shelter at home. The increase in family isolation, unemployment, and economic stress has the potential to increase domestic violence. We document the pandemic's impact on police calls for service for domestic violence. The pandemic increased domestic violence calls by 7.5% during March through May of 2020, with effects concentrated during the first five weeks after social distancing began. The increase in reported domestic violence incidents began before official stay-at-home orders were mandated. It is not driven by any particular demographic group but does appear to be driven by households without a previous history of domestic violence.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Health

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This Time It's Different: The Role of Women's Employment in a Pandemic Recession (2020, background): “Our work could be extended to consider the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on additional dimensions of gender equality, such as the rise in domestic violence that appears to have occurred during the crisis (see Leslie and Wilson 2020, Bullinger, Carr, and Packham 2020, and Rivera et al. 2020).”
From Mancession to Shecession: Women’s Employment in Regular and Pandemic Recessions (2021, background): “However, due to thepandemic-induced lockdowns, which put stress on families, studies in fact do find an increase in domestic violence (Bullinger, Carr, and Packham 2021; Leslie and Wilson 2020).”
Intimate partner violence under forced cohabitation and economic stress: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, background): “4 Beland et al. (2020) for Canada, Leslie and Wilson (2020) and Mohler et al. (2020) for US, and Rashid et al. (2020) for Bangladesh find an increase in domestic violence.”