The Impact of Improving Access to Support Services for Victims of Domestic Violence on Demand for Services and Victim Outcomes

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Koppensteiner, Martin foureaux; Matheson, Jesse; Plugor, Raka
• 署名单位: University of Surrey; University of Sheffield; University of Leicester
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20210131
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 292-324
• 关键词: family violence; INFORMATION; intervention; police; COSTS

摘要

We conducted a randomized controlled trial of an intervention designed to assist victims of domestic violence in accessing nonpolice support services. The intervention led to a 22 percent decrease in the fraction of victims providing a witness statement to police. Witness statements are an important piece of evidence and a key input in the prosecution of perpetrators. Despite this, we do not find a significant change in perpetrator arrests and convictions or in reported future violence. Survey responses provide evidence of an increase in nonpolice service use and a reduction in future victimization risk, but also a potential decrease in short-run well-being.