Coming out of the woods. Do local support services influence the propensity to report sexual violence?

Daria Denti and Simona Iammarino

No 2020-03, Discussion Paper series in Regional Science & Economic Geography from Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences

Abstract: This paper presents an empirical investigation of the effect of a local policy for the provision of specialized support services for survivors of sexual crimes on women’ propensity to report sexual offences to the police. Applying the synthetic control method to England and Wales, the investigation outlined provides evidence supporting a positive effect of the local policy. This holds even in the occurrence a of high-profile media campaign about sexual offences, which is anecdotally related to a countrywide increase in the propensity to report. Hence, prominent media coverages of sexual offences do not appear to work as substitute for the local provision of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) support services in England and Wales.

Keywords: women; gender violence; austerity; policy evaluation; synthetic control; local policy; comparative case study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H75 I12 I18 J16 J78 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51 pages
Date: 2020-06, Revised 2020-06
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Journal Article: Coming Out of the Woods. Do local support services influence the propensity to report sexual violence? (2022)
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