TY  - GEN
TI  - Did the first Covid-19 national lockdown lead to an increase in domestic abuse in London?
EP  - 40
Y1  - 2021/09/01/
AV  - public
SP  - 1
ID  - discovery10134561
N2  - On March 23rd 2020, the UK, following close behind a number of other countries went into its first national lockdown in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19. Boris Johnson told people to stay at home and save lives. But what happens when home isn?t safe? This paper uses data from the Metropolitan Police to examine the impact of the first lockdown on domestic abuse in the 32 boroughs of the London Metropolitan area. Using a before and after approach, and controlling for other factors, we show that domestic abuse crimes rose during lockdown. We find this increase is greater for some crimes and populations than others and is consistent across the whole lockdown period. Once lockdown restrictions are eased, rates decline but remain slightly higher than prior to lockdown up to 3 months later.
PB  - UCL Social Research Institute
UR  - https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:qss:dqsswp:2127
CY  - London, UK
KW  - Lockdown
KW  -  domestic abuse
KW  -  victimisation
KW  -  London
A1  - Gray, C
A1  - Hansen, K
T3  - Quantitative Social Science Working Paper
ER  -