Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314595 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17698
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Can lowering barriers to public services reduce domestic violence? Exploiting the introduction of a non-mandatory police reporting policy, I find that it significantly reduces domestic violence cases reported to the police while increasing hospital-reported cases of domestic assault. I further show that non-mandatory reporting laws reduce fatal domestic violence cases by facilitating the dissolution of abusive relationships and decreasing violence within intact couples. These findings highlight the importance of alternative support systems in addressing domestic violence.
Subjects: 
domestic violence
intimate partner homicide
criminal justice
JEL: 
J12
J78
H76
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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