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The real scale of domestic violence during Covid-19.

Dan AnderbergHelmut RainerFabian Siuda
Published in: Significance (Oxford, England) (2022)
Victims of domestic abuse may struggle to contact the police. But they are likely to seek help on the internet. By using internet search data to measure domestic violence during the Covid-19 pandemic, Dan Anderberg, Helmut Rainer and Fabian Siuda found an increase several times larger than that suggested in official police records.
Keyphrases
  • intimate partner violence
  • mental health
  • health information
  • healthcare
  • big data
  • machine learning
  • social media