Domestic violence is known to be one of the most prevalent forms of gender-based violence in emergency contexts and anecdotal data during the COVID-19 pandemic suggest that related restrictions on movement may exacerbate such violence. As such, the purpose of this study was to measure differences in domestic violence incident reports from police data in Atlanta, Georgia, before and during COVID-19. Thirty weeks of crime data were collected from the Atlanta Police Department (APD) in an effort to compare Part I offense trends 2018–2020. Compared with weeks 1–31 of 2018 and 2019, there was a growth in Part I domestic crimes during 2020 as reported to the APD. In addition, trendlines show that 2020 domestic crimes were occurring at a relatively similar pace as the counts observed in previous years leading up to the pandemic. A spike in domestic crimes was recorded after city and statewide shelter-in-place orders. The rise of cumulative counts of domestic crimes during the COVID-19 period of 2020 compared with the previous 2 years suggests increased occurrence of domestic violence. The co-occurring pandemics of COVID-19 and domestic violence come amidst a period of racial justice reckoning in the United States; both have a disproportionate impact on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. As the country grapples with how to deal with health and safety concerns related to the pandemic, and the unacceptable harms being perpetrated by police, a public health approach is strongly warranted to address both universal health care and violence prevention.

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COVID-19 之前和期间佐治亚州亚特兰大的家庭暴力


众所周知，家庭暴力是紧急情况下最普遍的性别暴力形式之一，而 COVID-19 大流行期间的轶事数据表明，对行动的相关限制可能会加剧此类暴力。因此，本研究的目的是根据佐治亚州亚特兰大警方数据，衡量 COVID-19 爆发之前和期间家庭暴力事件报告的差异。从亚特兰大警察局 (APD) 收集了 30 周的犯罪数据，以比较 2018 年至 2020 年第一部分的犯罪趋势。据 APD 报告，与 2018 年和 2019 年第 1-31 周相比，2020 年第一部分家庭犯罪有所增加。此外，趋势线显示，2020 年国内犯罪发生的速度与大流行前几年观察到的数量相对相似。在全市和全州范围内的就地避难令发布后，家庭犯罪激增。与前两年相比，2020 年 COVID-19 期间家庭犯罪累计数量有所上升，表明家庭暴力发生率有所增加。 COVID-19 疫情和家庭暴力同时发生，正值美国种族正义清算时期；两者对黑人、原住民和有色人种都有不成比例的影响。当该国努力解决与大流行相关的健康和安全问题以及警察造成的不可接受的伤害时，强烈需要采取公共卫生方法来解决全民医疗保健和暴力预防问题。