August 25, 2020

Staying Home, Staying Safe? A Short-Term Analysis of COVID-19 on Dallas Domestic Violence

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Mental Health and Personal Impact

Keywords (Tags): mental health personal impact

• Piquero et al. compared data from Dallas, Texas on domestic violence crimes for an 83-day period prior to the stay-at-home mandate to a 35-day period thereafter and found evidence suggesting a short-term increase in domestic violence incident reports during the first two weeks following the mandate.

Piquero et al. (Aug 14, 2020). Staying Home, Staying Safe? A Short-Term Analysis of COVID-19 on Dallas Domestic Violence. American Journal of Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-020-09531-7