We document a reduction in police reporting of domestic violence during shelter-in-place (SIP) orders issued by city governments in March and April of 2020. Using data from 18 large U.S. city police departments, we exploit the unique timing of city-specific SIP orders to identify a decrease as...

The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre resulted in the looting, burning, and leveling of 35 square blocks of a once-thriving Black neighborhood. Not only did this lead to severe economic loss, but the massacre also sent a warning to Black individuals across the country that similar events were possible in...