@article{ref1,
title="When "shelter-in-place" isn't shelter that's safe: a rapid analysis of domestic violence case differences during the CoViD-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders",
journal="Journal of family violence",
year="2022",
author="McLay, Molly M.",
volume="37",
number="6",
pages="861-870",
abstract="This study explored the COVID-19 pandemic's impacts on domestic violence (DV) with the following research questions: 1) Did DV occurring during the pandemic differ on  certain variables from cases occurring on a typical day the previous year? 2) Did DV  occurring after the implementation of shelter-in-place orders differ (on these same  variables) from cases occurring prior to shelter-in-place orders? Two logistic  regression models were developed to predict DV case differences before and during  the pandemic. DV reports (N = 4618) were collected from the Chicago Police  Department. Cases from March 2019 and March 2020 were analyzed based on multiple  variables. One model was set to predict case differences since the pandemic began,  and another model was set to predict case differences during the shelter-in-place  period later that month. Both models were significant with multiple significant  predictors. During the pandemic period, cases with arrests were 20% less likely to  have occurred, and cases at residential locations were 22% more likely to have  occurred. During the shelter-in-place period, cases at residential locations were  64% more likely to have occurred, and cases with child victims were 67% less likely  to have occurred. This study offers a rapid analysis of DV case differences since  the pandemic and shelter-in-place began. Additional variables and data sources could  improve model explanatory power. Research, policy, and practice in this area must  pivot to focus on protecting children whose access to mandated reporters has  decreased and moving victims out of dangerous living situations into safe spaces.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-7482",
doi="10.1007/s10896-020-00225-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-020-00225-6"
}