Domestic abuse in the Covid-19 pandemic: measures designed to overcome common limitations of trend measurement

Abstract Research on pandemic domestic abuse trends has produced inconsistent findings reflecting differences in definitions, data and method. This study analyses 43,488 domestic abuse crimes recorded by a UK police force. Metrics and analytic approaches are tailored to address key methodological is...

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Main Authors: Sarah Hodgkinson, Anthony Dixon, Eric Halford, Graham Farrell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-06-01
Series:Crime Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-023-00190-7