Women’s Police Stations and Domestic Violence : Evidence from Brazil

Although 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 b...

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Main Authors:	Perova, Elizaveta, Reynolds, Sarah
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	CIVIL CONFLICT SOCIAL NORMS POLICY GOALS POLICY CONCERN COURT HOUSE SHADOW REPORT ABUSE DOMESTIC PARTNER DEATHS ACTS OF VIOLENCE LAWS PARTNER EXPERIENCE OF ABUSE LABOR FORCE SERVICES DRUGS DEATH INTIMATE PARTNER FAMILY MEMBERS HEALTH POLICY DISCUSSIONS AUTONOMY OF WOMEN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS NATIONAL PRIORITY NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS CRIME WILL BATTERED WOMEN HOSPITAL PUBLIC HEALTH HOME HEALTH SECTOR KNOWLEDGE COURTS PUBLIC POLICY SOCIAL IMPACT GENDER GAP DISEASES VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS YOUNG AGE AT MARRIAGE GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION FEMALE VICTIM JUDGE RAPE MARRIAGES ADOPTION VIOLENCE PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS MALE LEGISLATION INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS MARRIAGE FAMILY HOME RESIDENCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AGE AT MARRIAGE MORTALITY FORMS OF VIOLENCE RESPECT POLICE OFFICERS PROGRESS YOUNGER WOMEN SEXUAL ABUSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACCESS TO JUSTICE POLICE FORCE YOUNG AGE POLICIES SOCIAL SERVICES SCHOOLS WOMAN FAMILY PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT AGE POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER CRIMES GENDER DIVORCE POLICY MAKERS VICTIMS POPULATION DENSITY VICTIM FAMILY PLANNING FEWER CHILDREN POPULATIONS MOTHER QUALITY CONTROL POLICY OLDER WOMEN WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS HUSBANDS HEALTH SYSTEM JUSTICE SEX HUMAN RIGHTS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES DOMESTIC ABUSE CHILDREN FEMALES HUSBAND WAR FATHER ACCIDENTS EQUALITY NATIONAL PLAN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN RURAL AREAS PARTNERS YOUNG WOMEN NATIONAL POLICY POPULATION LAW INTIMATE PARTNERS HOUSES URBAN WOMEN POLICY RESEARCH WOMEN INHERITANCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE IMPORTANT POLICY FEMALE WIFE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION GENDER EQUALITY SERVICE PROVIDERS DEVELOPMENT POLICY
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