New blog/note via @CGDev w/ @modonnell1231 & @TiaPalermo: #COVID19 & violence against women & children - What have we learned so far?

We summarize 17 studies & find most:

analyze police / service calls
focus on HICs
measure domestic violence

https://www.cgdev.org/publication/covid-19-violence-against-women-and-children-what-have-we-learned-so-far

Features work w/ many interesting results including from:

@emilycleslie @1rileywilson @Tanaro1, @ABertozziUCLA @CampedelliGian @womenssafetynsw @don_stemen @AlbertoAziani @SerenaFavarin @LessCrime @A_W_Morgan @Adan_murillo @lpbeland @UNTrustFundEVAW

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Some papers linked in this thread from last month - or in blog directly:

3/n https://twitter.com/a_peterman/status/1258066382412935173

12 papers look at changes in violence – what do they find? Results are mixed:

3 report increases
3 report decreases
3 report no change
3 report mixed findings [both inc & dec for different measures]

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Why all the differences? Location, data source & methods likely make some difference, but also emerging picture is complex – often measures moving in different ways over time or across geography within same study

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Also, all but 2 papers examine reported measures - often to police/service calls - which themselves are highly under-reported & possibly changing due to #COVID19

@Ezragression & co give nice example of this focused on child maltreatment reporting 6/n https://twitter.com/Ezragression/status/1262127578376257538