{"title":"Can Social Media Reach Isolated Domestic Abuse Victims? Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial During the Covid-19 Lockdown","authors":"Jeffrey Grogger, Ria Ivandić, Tom Kirchmaier","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-2281227/v1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2281227/v1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Can social media reach isolated domestic abuse victims? Secondly, does providing victims with more information and a safer means of contacting police change their likelihood of domestic abuse reporting?\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 This research is based on high-frequency and confidential administrative data on the population of domestic abuse calls during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic but also the preceding years from two police forces—the Thames Valley Police (TVP) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 To answer the research questions, we ran a randomized control trial (RCT) using a novel social media campaign promoting a method of reporting through Facebook and Instagram. We randomized the treatment across geographic areas in one police force and across individuals in another police force.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 We found that while social media is an effective tool for engaging on domestic abuse topics, particularly with younger individuals, our intention-to-treat estimates between the treatment and control areas and individuals did not show any significant difference in domestic abuse reporting. One of the reasons to explain this finding was the geographically imprecise social media targeting features on Facebook.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Our research contributes to the scarce experimental literature on how to increase domestic abuse reporting among victims with, to the best of our knowledge, the first randomized test of the effects of a social media campaign on engagement and reporting. As police forces across the UK, but also worldwide, start using social media more to engage with the citizens they serve, these results provide interesting and valuable implications for their effectiveness and the role of technology in the future policing. Our results contribute to the understanding of how police forces can use social media to reach specific groups of people, such as younger cohorts.\u0000","PeriodicalId":217468,"journal":{"name":"Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing","volume":"32 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140702309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brittany Cunningham, James Coldren, Benjamin Carleton, Richard Berk, Vincent Bauer
{"title":"Forecasting for Police Officer Safety: A Demonstration of Concept","authors":"Brittany Cunningham, James Coldren, Benjamin Carleton, Richard Berk, Vincent Bauer","doi":"10.1007/s41887-023-00094-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41887-023-00094-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":217468,"journal":{"name":"Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing","volume":"210 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140265006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andy Brittain, Christopher Sims, Vincent Harinam, H. Strang
{"title":"Consistency of Supervisory Interpretations of Stop-Search Justification in London: A Vignette Assessment Analysis","authors":"Andy Brittain, Christopher Sims, Vincent Harinam, H. Strang","doi":"10.1007/s41887-023-00089-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41887-023-00089-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":217468,"journal":{"name":"Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126473404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Gyani, N. Chappell, Lance Tebbutt, Simon Williams
{"title":"Using a Randomised Controlled Trial to Test the Effectiveness of a Simplified Notice of Police Bail","authors":"A. Gyani, N. Chappell, Lance Tebbutt, Simon Williams","doi":"10.1007/s41887-023-00088-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41887-023-00088-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":217468,"journal":{"name":"Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123979621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Warriors and Vigilantes as Police Officers: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Body Cameras in Rio de Janeiro","authors":"Beatriz Magaloni, Vanessa Melo, G. Robles","doi":"10.1007/s41887-023-00087-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41887-023-00087-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":217468,"journal":{"name":"Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130883298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Sherman, Carmen Villa-Llera, G. Barnes, Michele Roner
{"title":"Comparing Probability of Police Officer Dismissals in London Between Misconduct Hearings Chaired by Chief Officers and Legally Qualified Chairs","authors":"L. Sherman, Carmen Villa-Llera, G. Barnes, Michele Roner","doi":"10.1007/s41887-023-00086-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41887-023-00086-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":217468,"journal":{"name":"Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131382560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Fall and Rise of Racial Inequality in London Homicides: a Challenge for Policing by Consent","authors":"Sumit Kumar, L. Sherman, H. Strang","doi":"10.1007/s41887-022-00084-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41887-022-00084-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":217468,"journal":{"name":"Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116909099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Britta Kyvsgaard, Malthe Øland Ribe, D. W. Sorensen
{"title":"Does Chemical Property Marking Deter Burglary? Results from a New Danish Experiment","authors":"Britta Kyvsgaard, Malthe Øland Ribe, D. W. Sorensen","doi":"10.1007/s41887-022-00085-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41887-022-00085-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":217468,"journal":{"name":"Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125033826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tracking Procedural Justice in Processing Detainees: Coding Evidence from CCTV Cameras in Three Police Custody Suites","authors":"Catherine Susan Firman, J. Tankebe","doi":"10.1007/s41887-022-00082-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41887-022-00082-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":217468,"journal":{"name":"Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127943004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stacey Rothwell, Kent McFadzien, H. Strang, Sumit Kumar, G. Hooper, Alan Pughsley
{"title":"FAST Policing by Telephone: a Randomised Controlled Trial","authors":"Stacey Rothwell, Kent McFadzien, H. Strang, Sumit Kumar, G. Hooper, Alan Pughsley","doi":"10.1007/s41887-022-00083-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41887-022-00083-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":217468,"journal":{"name":"Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128523520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}