Understanding Access Barriers to Public Services: Lessons from a Randomized Domestic Violence Intervention
Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner,
Jesse Matheson and
Réka Plugor ()
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Réka Plugor: University of Leicester
No 12461, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Abstract:
We study the effect of reducing barriers to accessing non-police services on the demand for police services in cases of police-reported domestic violence. Variation comes from a large randomized controlled trial designed to assist victims in accessing non-police services and we link information from local and national police administrative records and a survey of victims to form a unique dataset for the evaluation. The intervention led to a 18% decrease in the demand for police services, as measured by the provision of a statement by victims. Despite a strong correlation between statements and criminal sanctions against perpetrators, we do not find a corresponding effect of the intervention on perpetrator arrest, charges, or sentencing. This suggests that treated victims who do not provide a statement do so because their potential statement was relatively less effective for pursuing criminal sanctions. Consistent with this result, we find treatment group statements are significantly less likely to be withdrawn than are control group statements.
Keywords: RCT; domestic violence; public services; allocative efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H75 I18 J12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 61 pages
Date: 2019-07
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Published - published as 'The Impact of Improving Access to Support Services for Victims of Domestic Violence on Demand for Services and Victim Outcomes' in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (1), 292–324
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