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Title: Doing Their Duty: An empirical analysis of the unintended effect of Tarasoff v. Regents on homicidal activity

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Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: Many have theorized that the confidentiality breach required by Tarasoff v. Regents may have adverse effects on effective psychology. The mental help required to treat patients may be foregone and violence may ensue amidst the presence of duty to warn laws. Using a fixed effects model and exploiting the variation in the timing and style of duty to warn laws across states, I find that mandatory duty to warn laws cause an increase in homicides of 8.9%. These results are robust to model specifications, falsification tests, and help to clarify the true effect of state duty to warn laws.

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Authors: Edwards, Griffins S.

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Publication Number: No. 10-61

Institution: Emory University

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Crime and Deviance

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