In a 2010 study Webster and his colleagues found restrictions based on restraining orders were associated with a 19 percent reduction in the risk for intimate partner homicide in large U.S. cities. (scientificamerican.com)
Effects of domestic violence policies, alcohol taxes and police staffing levels on intimate partner homicide in large US cities. (sciencenews.org)
He and colleagues tracked intimate partner homicides from 1979 to 2003 in 46 U.S. cities. (sciencenews.org)