Many violent relationships are characterized by a high degree of
cyclicality: women who are the victims of domestic violence often leave
and return multiple times. To explain this we develop a model of time
inconsistent preferences in the context of domestic violence. This time
inconsistency generates a demand for commitment. We present supporting
evidence that women in violent relationships display time inconsistent
preferences by examining their demand for commitment devices. We find
that "no-drop" policies — which compel the prosecutor to continue with
prosecution even if the victim expresses a desire to drop the charges
– result in an increase in reporting. No-drop policies also result in
a decrease in the number of men murdered by intimates suggesting that
some women in violent relationships move away from an extreme type of
commitment device when a less costly one is offered.
Here is the paper. Here are non-gated versions. Or put it this way: when prosecutors cannnot drop the charges against the man, the women are more likely to report the man in the first place, and also less likely to kill the man.
Time inconsistent preferences? :gag: Did a man write this paper? A woman’s preferences are entirely consistent. She wants to be with the man she’s slept with. Her preferences have to change for her to leave an abusive relationship permanently.
Jenny,
The first author listed was a women.
And yes, “time inconsistent preferences” seems a poor explanation for the women’s behaviour. That just sounds like withholding various forms of affection (from smiling all the way up to leaving) in response to the man’s behaviour. That seems rational, not time inconsistent.
Under my brilliant model, breaking up disfunctional couples (e.g. ones in which the woman must leave for periods to signal her displeasure) via no-drop, etc, obvioulsy leads to less male intimate killing because the bad relationships are forcibly ended.
Of course, having the state terminate all intimate relationships would lead to even less male intimate killing, so I’m not sure what the right policy is.
Why is this “frightening”?
How do these no-drop prosecutions with a reluctant complainant do in court?
Women aren’t the only ones who suffer domestic abuse, and men aren’t the only ones who commit abuse.
John F,
No one made those assertions, though the numbers are staggeringly one sided; so what’s your point?
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