Women’s Police Stations and Domestic Violence

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dc.creatorPerova, Elizaveta
dc.creatorReynolds, Sarah
dc.date2015-12-18T21:18:41Z
dc.date2015-12-18T21:18:41Z
dc.date2015-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:48:04Z
dc.descriptionAlthough women’s police centers have been gaining popularity as a measure to address domestic violence, to date no quantitative evaluations of their impacts on the incidence of domestic violence or any other manifestations of gender equality have been done. This paper estimates the effects of women’s police stations in Brazil on female homicides, as a measure of the most severe form of domestic violence. Given that a high fraction of female deaths among women ages 15 to 49 years can be attributed to aggression by an intimate partner, female homicides appear the best available proxy for severe domestic violence considering the scarcity of data on domestic violence. The paper uses a panel of 2,074 municipalities and takes advantage of the gradual rollout of women’s police stations from 2004 to 2009, to estimate the effect of establishing a women’s police station on the municipal female homicide rate. Although the analysis does not find an association on average, women’s police stations appear to be highly effective among some groups of women: women living in metropolitan areas and younger women. Establishing a women’s police station in a metropolitan municipality is associated with a reduction in the homicide rate by 1.23 deaths per 100,000 women (which roughly amounts to a 17 percent reduction in the average homicide rate in metropolitan municipalities). The reduction in the homicide rate of women ages 15 to 24 is even higher: 5.57 deaths per 100,000 women. Qualitative work suggests that better economic opportunities and less traditional social norms in metropolitan areas may explain the heterogeneous impacts of women’s police stations in metropolitan areas and outside them.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25470471/women’s-police-stations-domestic-violence-evidence-brazil
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/23461
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-7497
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/411197
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7497
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectCIVIL CONFLICT
dc.subjectSOCIAL NORMS
dc.subjectPOLICY GOALS
dc.subjectPOLICY CONCERN
dc.subjectCOURT
dc.subjectHOUSE
dc.subjectSHADOW REPORT
dc.subjectABUSE
dc.subjectDOMESTIC PARTNER
dc.subjectDEATHS
dc.subjectACTS OF VIOLENCE
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectPARTNER
dc.subjectEXPERIENCE OF ABUSE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectSERVICES
dc.subjectDRUGS
dc.subjectDEATH
dc.subjectINTIMATE PARTNER
dc.subjectFAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectAUTONOMY OF WOMEN
dc.subjectHEALTH PROFESSIONALS
dc.subjectNATIONAL PRIORITY
dc.subjectNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectCRIME
dc.subjectWILL
dc.subjectBATTERED WOMEN
dc.subjectHOSPITAL
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectHOME
dc.subjectHEALTH SECTOR
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectCOURTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICY
dc.subjectSOCIAL IMPACT
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectDISEASES
dc.subjectVICTIMS OF VIOLENCE
dc.subjectETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
dc.subjectYOUNG AGE AT MARRIAGE
dc.subjectGENDER GAP IN EDUCATION
dc.subjectFEMALE VICTIM
dc.subjectJUDGE
dc.subjectRAPE
dc.subjectMARRIAGES
dc.subjectADOPTION
dc.subjectVIOLENCE
dc.subjectPARTNER RELATIONSHIPS
dc.subjectMALE
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
dc.subjectMARRIAGE
dc.subjectFAMILY HOME
dc.subjectRESIDENCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
dc.subjectAGE AT MARRIAGE
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectFORMS OF VIOLENCE
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectPOLICE OFFICERS
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectYOUNGER WOMEN
dc.subjectSEXUAL ABUSE
dc.subjectDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
dc.subjectELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
dc.subjectACCESS TO JUSTICE
dc.subjectPOLICE FORCE
dc.subjectYOUNG AGE
dc.subjectPOLICIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectWOMAN
dc.subjectFAMILY
dc.subjectPSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT
dc.subjectAGE
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectCRIMES
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectDIVORCE
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectVICTIMS
dc.subjectPOPULATION DENSITY
dc.subjectVICTIM
dc.subjectFAMILY PLANNING
dc.subjectFEWER CHILDREN
dc.subjectPOPULATIONS
dc.subjectMOTHER
dc.subjectQUALITY CONTROL
dc.subjectPOLICY
dc.subjectOLDER WOMEN
dc.subjectWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS
dc.subjectHUSBANDS
dc.subjectHEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subjectJUSTICE
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectDOMESTIC ABUSE
dc.subjectCHILDREN
dc.subjectFEMALES
dc.subjectHUSBAND
dc.subjectWAR
dc.subjectFATHER
dc.subjectACCIDENTS
dc.subjectEQUALITY
dc.subjectNATIONAL PLAN
dc.subjectVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectPARTNERS
dc.subjectYOUNG WOMEN
dc.subjectNATIONAL POLICY
dc.subjectPOPULATION
dc.subjectLAW
dc.subjectINTIMATE PARTNERS
dc.subjectHOUSES
dc.subjectURBAN WOMEN
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectWOMEN
dc.subjectINHERITANCE
dc.subjectSEXUAL VIOLENCE
dc.subjectIMPORTANT POLICY
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectWIFE
dc.subjectIMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectSERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.titleWomen’s Police Stations and Domestic Violence
dc.titleEvidence from Brazil
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

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