Domestic disturbances

Using NIBRS data, we show domestic incidents are _not_ more likely to involve officers being assaulted or injured

Summary Study after study has shown that help-seeking for domestic violence increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. My colleague, Tara Richards (Faculty Lead for SCCJ’s Victimology and Victim Studies Research Lab), was quick to observe that all of the research to date has relied on official data (e.g., calls for police service, reported crimes). Research has yet to consider whether victim service agency hotlines experienced an uptick in calls during COVID-19.

Forthcoming at _JQ_.

Among fatal OIS, domestic disturbances were *not* significantly more likely to involve an individual armed with a gun