Under pressure: victim withdrawal and police officer workload

Kirchmaier, Tom ORCID: 0000-0002-8938-2206 and Oparina, Ekaterina ORCID: 0000-0002-1544-8751 (2024) Under pressure: victim withdrawal and police officer workload. CEP Discussion Papers (CEPDP1985). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.

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Abstract

This paper addresses the relationship between a police officer's workload and the likelihood of statement withdrawal of domestic abuse victims. We focus our analysis on high-risk cases reported to Greater Manchester Police from January 2014 to March 2019. Using this unique dataset, combined with institutional knowledge, we show that adding 10 more cases to a police officer's monthly workload is associated with an increase of the probability of statement withdrawal of 3 percentage points, or 17% of the average withdrawal rate in our sample. The increased workload is likely to be the outcome of a substantial reduction in the police budget, implying that this paper provides additional indirect evidence of the secondary costs of austerity policies.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	https://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publications/discussion...
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
JEL classification:	K - Law and Economics > K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior > K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law H - Public Economics > H3 - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents > H39 - Other H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies > H56 - National Security and War
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2025 15:51
Last Modified:	10 Feb 2025 15:51
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/126826

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