Under the Radar: Estimating Underreporting of Gender-Based Violence to the Police

• In Event: Governance at the Margins: Informality and Urban Politics in the Global South

Brief Overview

Police violence shapes where women report gender-based violence. Linking police data and hotline calls in Rio, the paper shows violence deters reporting to police and redirects victims to alternative channels or silence.

Authors

• Isabella Montini, University of California, Berkeley

• Jessie Trudeau, Syracuse University