Colgate domestic violence quote

"... while shelters, hotlines, and counseling programs targeted at battered women are found to have no significant impact on the likelihood of domestic abuse, the availability of legal services in the county of residence has a significant, negative effect on the likelihood that an individual woman is battered."

"We have a database of exactly what's available in every county in the United States. We can look at rates of domestic abuse in each of those counties and control for income, and race and education. In predicting long-term rates of domestic violence, the only public service variable that matters is access to legal services."

From, "Explaining the Recent Decline in Domestic Violence," study by Amy Farmer, associate professor of economics, Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, and Jill Tiefenthaler, associate professor of economics, Colgate University

Last Update: Tuesday, January 15, 2008