Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/312004 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17565
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Criminal activity nuisance ordinances penalize tenants for calling emergency services in relation to certain illegal events, including domestic violence. There is a widespread concern that these policies will exert a chilling effect on the reporting of domestic violence and potentially increase the incidence and severity of domestic assaults. We exploit the sequential implementation of criminal activity nuisance ordinances by municipalities in Ohio, and estimate the direct impact of these ordinances on intimate partner homicides using a reduced form framework. We rule out an increase in intimate partner homicides following the enactment of a nuisance ordinance; in fact we estimate a negative impact. The effect is driven by a reduction in partner homicides in cities with a higher proportion of renter-occupied homes prior to the implementation of the ordinances. We do not find any evidence that the effect can be attributed to selective migration out of cities that enacted nuisance ordinances or a change in police officer reporting practices.
Subjects: 
domestic violence
housing policy
intimate partner homicide
nuisance ordinance
JEL: 
J12
J18
K42
R28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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