We analyze how staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic affects the rates of domestic violence in the U.S. Using police dispatch and crime data from 36 police and sheriff’s departments and mobile device tracking data, we find that reported incidents of domestic violence increase as more people stay at home. Specifically, we estimate that staying at home due to COVID-19 increased domestic violence by over 5% on average from March 13 to May 24, 2020. This is consistent with a theory of exposure reduction, where victims and abusers stuck at home are more likely to fight.

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COVID-19、呆在家里和家庭暴力

我们分析了在 COVID-19 大流行期间呆在家里如何影响美国的家庭暴力发生率使用来自 36 个警察和治安部门的警察派遣和犯罪数据以及移动设备跟踪数据，我们发现报告的家庭暴力事件随着越来越多的人而增加人们呆在家里。具体来说，我们估计，在 2020 年 3 月 13 日至 5 月 24 日期间，因 COVID-19 留在家中的家庭暴力平均增加了 5% 以上。这与减少暴露的理论一致，即被困在家中的受害者和施虐者更多很可能会打架。