Can information save lives? Effect of a victim-focused police intervention on intimate partner homicides
Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Publication Date
1-1-2024
Abstract
Funded by the Department of Justice, the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) is a domestic violence protocol that has been implemented in over 600 police agencies across the US. Exploiting the variation in the timing of implementation across agencies in Maryland, I find that the LAP significantly reduced female homicide victimization by males. The effect is concentrated on the homicides of girlfriends. A back-of-the-envelope analysis suggests that homicides are prevented because the most at-risk victims are nudged to take protective actions by the information effect of risk awareness and safety planning that they receive during the LAP intervention.
DOI Link
ISSN
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
217
First Page
756
Last Page
782
Disciplines
Business
Recommended Citation
Koppa, Vijetha, "Can information save lives? Effect of a victim-focused police intervention on intimate partner homicides" (2024). All Works. 6246.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/6246
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no
Open Access
no