A Case Study of Domestic Violence Arrests during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Miami-Dade County

Piquero, Nicole Leeper; Kurland, Justin

doi:10.1080/15564886.2021.1948477

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“…Some other studies, however, observed no significant changes in DV incidents after stay-at-home policies were implemented (Ashby, 2020 ; Campedelli et al, 2020 ; Shayegh & Malpede, 2020 ) while others reported a sharp decline (Halford et al, 2020 ) or a consistent increase (Ravindran & Shah, 2020 ). Conversely, a more recent study with a larger post-lockdown window did find some increase in DV but the overall trend was relatively stable (Piquero et al, 2021b ).…”

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“…To date, several empirical studies which conducted short-term time-series analyses of DV patterns in relation to pandemic-induced lifestyle changes have provided mixed findings. Piquero et al ( 2021b ) used an intervention time-series methodology to track changes in DV incident counts in Dallas, TX and found a short-term increase in the first two weeks after lockdown and a decline thereafter. Similarly, Leslie & Wilson ( 2020 ) and Silverio-Murillo et al ( 2020 ) studied variations in 14 U.S. cities and Mexico City, Mexico, respectively, and found evidence for a short-term increase in incidents and a subsequent return to pre-COVID rates.…”

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Findings from a natural experiment on the impact of covid-19 residential quarantines on domestic violence patterns in New Orleans

Shariati

Guerette

2022

J Fam Viol

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Purpose Following the rise of the novel coronavirus, de facto residential quarantines resulted either from executive stay-at-home orders, unemployment or through remote work requirements. One question that has arisen is whether the COVID-19 quarantines led to increases in domestic violence (DV), with research findings thus far being mixed. To further this understanding, this study examined whether the frequency and geographic dispersion of DV increased during stay-at-home and phased reopening periods of the pandemic in New Orleans, Louisiana while accounting for socio-economic determinants. Methods The study built on a natural experiment of home quarantine and examined its effects on DV using a mixed-methods approach of quantitative and geospatial analyses. Data for the analyses came from a sample of 11,502 police reported DV incidents and ArcGIS portal data of sociodemographic information across neighborhood statistical areas (NSAs). Results While results revealed no significant increase of DV during early phases of the quarantine, a significant increase in frequency was observed in the second reopening phase compared to the same time-period in the previous year. However, the dispersion of DV incidents appeared stable with continued concentrations in pre-existing geographic ‘hot spots.’ Conversely, households which were greater in size exhibited significantly fewer DV incidents. Conclusion Findings suggest that prevention programs might target residences already inflicted with domestic violence histories in advance of future pandemic or natural disaster related residential quarantines. Findings also reveal that situational factors, such as number of household residents, might be used to triage the delivery of services.

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Findings from a natural experiment on the impact of covid-19 residential quarantines on domestic violence patterns in New Orleans

Shariati

Guerette

2022

J Fam Viol

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“…The longer follow up period is important because it allows us to examine not just the effects of the stay-at-home restrictions on crime, but also to identify the short-term effects of various phases of re-opening (cf. Campedelli et al, 2020; Piquero, Piquero, et al, 2021).…”

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Re-Opening Dallas: A Short-Term Evaluation of COVID-19 Regulations and Crime

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Kaukinen

Bishopp³

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Crime & Delinquency

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We investigated the relationship between COVID-19 stay-at-home regulations and property and violent crime indexes in Dallas, TX during the first 6 months of 2020. We tested for changes in property and violent crime trends using four key “intervention” dates: the stay-at-home order issued by Judge Clay Jenkins (March 24), the start of Governor Abbott’s phase one of re-opening (May 1), a second phase of more widespread re-openings (May 18), and a third phase of increased capacity limits for businesses (June 3). Our analyses point to two main findings: (1) the time between the initial stay-at-home policy and the phase one re-opening was associated with an increase in the trend of both violent and property crime (although at lower levels than pre-pandemic); and (2) the third phase of re-opening the City of Dallas was associated with higher daily counts of property and violent crime. Our findings suggest that policy makers need to consider policies not only related to police enforcement but also allocation of other social services, particularly when such a sudden policy (e.g., stay-at-home order) is implemented.

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“…Piquero and colleagues (Piquero et al, 2020 , 2021a , 2021b ; Reingle Gonzalez et al, 2020 ) have written a series of articles exploring impact of COVID-19 on domestic violence, finding an increase in incidents across several geographic areas at least in the first few weeks after the lockdowns were initiated. Similarly, Nix and Richards ( 2021 ) found increases in calls to the police for domestic violence in five of the six jurisdictions studied.…”

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COVID-19, Violent Crime, and Domestic Violence: An Exploratory Analysis

Lersch

Hart

2022

Int Criminol

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As the world continues to struggle with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much speculation on the impact of the virus on crime rates, especially violent crime and domestic violence. Disruptions in the patterns of daily, routine activities of life caused by lockdowns have been linked to changes in opportunities for criminal events, and these opportunities may vary based on the type of crime. The purpose of this paper is to examine the rates of violent interpersonal crime and domestic violence in the State of Florida, USA from 1/1/2020 to 12/31/2020. Using counties as the unit of analysis, the rates for selected violent crimes was predicted based on the differential impact of the COVID-19 virus, controlling for various county-level social vulnerability and health-related factors. Comparisons between violent crime levels in 2019 and 2020 were also made. Under opportunity theory, it was predicted that the level of domestic violence would increase in counties that experienced higher infection rates and deaths from COVID-19. Conversely, it was predicted that interpersonal violence would decrease in counties with greater impacts and restrictions due to the COVID-19 virus. The results suggest that as the COVID-19 death rate increased, incidents of domestic violence decreased. Altruism was proposed as an alternative explanation for this atypical finding. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s43576-022-00049-y.

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A Case Study of Domestic Violence Arrests during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Miami-Dade County

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

Findings from a natural experiment on the impact of covid-19 residential quarantines on domestic violence patterns in New Orleans

Findings from a natural experiment on the impact of covid-19 residential quarantines on domestic violence patterns in New Orleans

Re-Opening Dallas: A Short-Term Evaluation of COVID-19 Regulations and Crime

COVID-19, Violent Crime, and Domestic Violence: An Exploratory Analysis

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