There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a retaliatory backlash. We study how arrests affect the dynamics of DV using administrative data for over 124,000 DV emergency calls (999 calls) for West Midlands, the second most populous...

There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a retaliatory backlash. We study how arrests affect the dynamics of DV using administrative data for over 124,000 DV emergency calls (999 calls) for West Midlands, the second most populous...

There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a retaliatory backlash. We study how arrests affect the dynamics of DV using administrative data for over 124,000 DV emergency calls (999 calls) for West Midlands, the second most populous...

Häusliche Gewalt ist eine allgegenwärtige Bedrohung für das Wohlergehen von Frauen weltweit. Viele Opfer werden wiederholt von ihren Partnern misshandelt. Eine mögliche, aber umstrittene polizeiliche Maßnahme zur Bewältigung dieses Problems ist, Verdächtige unmittelbar vor Ort...

There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a retaliatory backlash. We study how arrests affect the dynamics of DV using administrative data for over 124,000 DV emergency calls (999 calls) for West Midlands, the second most populous...

There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a retaliatory backlash. We study how arrests affect the dynamics of DV using administrative data for over 124,000 DV emergency calls (999 calls) for West Midlands, the second most populous...

Domestic violence is a pervasive threat to women’s well-being worldwide and many victims are repeatedly abused by their partners. One possible but controversial police measure to deal with this problem is to arrest suspects immediately on the spot. Geo-coded 999 emergency call data can be used...

Ausgangsbeschränkungen im Rahmen der Covid-19-Pandemie haben möglicherweise unbeabsichtigte soziale, gesundheitliche und wirtschaftliche Kosten verursacht, da diese mit einer Zunahme von häuslicher Gewalt einhergehen. Häusliche Gewalt kann in Form von Gewalt durch den Lebenspartner oder auch...

»Jetzt wächst zusammen, was zusammen gehört«, so kommentiert Altkanzler Willy Brandt die Geschehnisse, als im Herbst 1989 die Berliner Mauer fiel. Doch inwiefern hat sich die Wiedervereinigung auch in den Köpfen der Menschen beider Landesteile vollzogen? Wirken die über 40 Jahre...