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

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  • Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner
  • Jesse Matheson
  • Réka Plugor

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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.

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  • Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner & Jesse Matheson & Réka Plugor, 2024. "The Impact of Improving Access to Support Services for Victims of Domestic Violence on Demand for Services and Victim Outcomes," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 16(1), pages 292-324, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:aejpol:v:16:y:2024:i:1:p:292-324
    DOI: 10.1257/pol.20210131
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    JEL classification:

    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • K14 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Criminal Law
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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