Policing in patriarchy: An experimental evaluation of reforms to improve police responsiveness to women in India

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Gender-targeted police reforms are frequently proposed to tackle the global problem of rising yet under-reported gender-based violence (GBV)—but with mixed and often disappointing results. We explore this issue in India, a country with alarming rates of GBV and limited police capacity, by studying the impact of Women’s Help Desks (WHDs): dedicated spaces for women in local police stations, staffed by trained officers.

Rachel Bernhard

I am Associate Professor of Quantitative Political Science Research Methods at Nuffield College and the University of Oxford. Before joining Nuffield, I served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. I hold a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a Postdoctoral Prize Fellow in Politics at Nuffield.

Samuel Seitz

I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford with a variety of substantive and methodological interests. My dissertation examines the effects of security - and status-pressures on great powers' military procurement decisions and force structure. In addition to the dissertation, I am also conducting research on alliance politics and the manner in which alliance pressures shape military force design. Before coming to Oxford, I did my undergraduate and master's work at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service.

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