(No) Spillovers in reporting domestic abuse to police
研究家庭暴力受害者报警是否存在溢出效应,利用英国某城市所有家暴报警数据,通过扩展的时空霍克斯过程模型检验两种溢出渠道,未发现支持证据。
Abstract Spillover effects in crime are typically studied as a result of offender behaviour. This study investigates whether spillover effects can occur in the reporting of domestic abuse by victims. Domestic abuse is a particularly interesting context because of its high prevalence but low reporting rate. Extending existing spatio-temporal Hawkes process specifications, we test for the presence of two spillover channels in all domestic abuse calls in a major English city. We find no evidence to support such effects in the reporting of domestic abuse.