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505. Did Domestic Violence Really Spike During the Pandemic?

Freakonomics Radio

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The Shadow Pandemic

Researchers looked at data from thousands of police departments across the us. They found that when a local area police department has a greater share of female officers, reporting of all violent crimes against women go up. This is mainly during the 19 seventies and the 19 eighties, when women are going from less than three % of officers to more than ten%.

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