Domestic Violence More Than Doubled Under Lockdowns, New Study Finds

On Monday the National Bureau of Economic Research released a paper detailing another unintended consequence of lockdowns: a surge in domestic violence.

“The lockdowns triggered violence in so many ways,” Perla Acosta Galindo, Director of Más Sueños A.C., a women's community center, told CNN. “People can’t work, there’s alcoholism, overcrowding; it’s a lot.”