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Covid-19 and Domestic Violence: an Indirect Path to Social and Economic Crisis
Journal of Family Violence, 2020 Purpose: We intend to identify the links between Covid-19 and domestic violence, expose the potential reasons behind an increase in domestic violence cases due to Covid-19, and argue that rising incidence of domestic violence may lead to economic and ...
Amalesh Sharma, S. B. Borah
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[The increase in domestic violence during the social isolation: what does it reveals?]
Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology, 2020 The social isolation imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic brings out, in a empowered way, some worrying indicators about domestic violence and family violence against women. Organizations addressing domestic violence have already seen an increase in domestic
Pâmela Rocha Vieira +2 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2019 Background Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) damages the health of survivors and increases use of healthcare services. We report findings from a multi-site evaluation of hospital-based advocacy services, designed to support survivors attending emergency ...
Gemma Halliwell +6 more
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Costs of Domestic Violence: A Life Satisfaction Approach [PDF]
, 2012 This paper discusses and estimates the costs of domestic violence using a life satisfaction approach. It draws on a British cross-sectional data set that includes individual self-reported life satisfaction, household income and experienced domestic ...
Santos, Cristina
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BMC Women's Health, 2017 Background Little is known about the health service utilization of women sexually assaulted by their intimate partners, as compared with those sexually assaulted by other perpetrators.
Janice Du Mont +4 more
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Domestic Violence Against Men-Prevalence and Risk Factors.
Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 2020 BACKGROUND According to the World Health Organization (WHO), intimate partner violence is among the major risks to women's health around the world. Men, too, can be victims of domestic violence; like female victims, they tend to present initially with ...
V. Kolbe, A. Büttner
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Injury Epidemiology, 2020 Background Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws are a promising gun violence prevention strategy. ERPO laws allow specific categories of people (law enforcement in all states, family in most) to petition a court to request that an individual be ...
Shannon Frattaroli +6 more
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Women's Health, 2021 Background: University students have been recognized as particularly being vulnerable to sexual victimization. Purpose: With little research to date, and acknowledgement for the need of a better understanding of sexual violence, our study analysed the ...
Marika Guggisberg +5 more
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The Impact of the Coronavirus Lockdown on Domestic Violence
American Law and Economics Review, 2020 We use 911 call records and mobile device location data to study the impact of the coronavirus lockdown on domestic violence. The percent of people at home sharply increased at all hours, and nearly doubled during regular working hours, from 45% to 85 ...
J. Mccrary, Sarath Sanga
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Covid-19 and Crime: Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders on Domestic Violence
, 2020 COVID-19 has led to an abrupt change in time spent at home, with many cities and states implementing official stay-at-home (SAH), or “lockdown” policies.
L. Bullinger, J. Carr, Analisa Packham
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