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Warrantless arrest laws for domestic violence: How are youth affected?

This study empirically examines the impact of warrantless arrest laws (designed to deter domestic violence) on multiple youth outcomes. Utilizing variation in the timing of implementation of the laws, and employing a difference in differences framework, we examine both the direct and indirect impacts on youth in the United States. There appears to be no significant direct link between warrantless arrest laws and domestic violence‐related homicides. However, on the indirect front, we do find strong evidence that implementation of the arrest laws result in a drop in the probability of youth experiencing suicidal ideation, and some evidence pointing to a drop in their likelihood of engaging in substance use behaviour. This analysis also accounts for important heterogeneities in laws across states, and our findings are robust to multiple sensitivity checks, aimed at addressing key threats to identification.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Economics Working Paper Series ; No. 2016/07

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
Family and Personal Law
Thema
Domestic violence
Warrantless arrest laws
Homicide
Youth
Mental health
Difference‐in‐differences

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Dasgupta, Kabir
Pacheco, Gail
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
(wo)
Auckland
(wann)
2016

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Dasgupta, Kabir
  • Pacheco, Gail
  • Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

Entstanden

  • 2016

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