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NCJ 193433
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Title:
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Economic Distress, Community Context and Intimate Violence: An Application and Extension of Social Disorganization Theory; Executive Summary
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Series:
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NIJ Research Report
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Author(s):
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Michael L. Benson ; Greer L. Fox
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Corporate Author:
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Police Foundation
United States
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Date Published:
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2001 |
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Page Count:
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26 |
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Sponsoring Agency:
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Grant Number:
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98-WT-VX-0011 |
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Sale Source:
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Police Foundation
1201 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
United States |
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Document:
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PDF |
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Agency Summary:
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Agency Summary |
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Dataset:
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03410 |
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Type:
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Studies/research reports |
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Language:
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English |
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Country:
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United States |
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Annotation:
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By merging 1990 census data with data drawn from waves 1 and 2 of
the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), this study
examined contextual variation in and correlates of domestic
violence; this is the executive summary of the full report. |
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Abstract:
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Data were abstracted on conflict and violence among couples in
the NSFH, a nationally representative sample of American
households, as well as data on their economic resources and
well-being, the composition of the household in which the couple
lived, and a large number of socio-demographic characteristics of
the sample respondents. The 1990 census yielded tract-level data
on the characteristics of the census tracts in which the NSFH
respondents lived. These data reflected the aggregate social,
demographic, and economic characteristics of the tracts. The
study found that violence against women was more prevalent and
severe in socio-economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. The
relationship between community context and intimate violence was
found not to be entirely the result of compositional differences
in neighborhood populations, but rather represented a contextual
effect. At the individual level, both objective and subjective
forms of economic distress increased the risk of violence against
women. Further, individual-level economic distress and
community-level economic disadvantage combined to increase
significantly the risk of violence against women. Compared to
white couples, the rate of intimate violence against women was
higher among African-American couples, but this difference
resulted in large measure from their location in disadvantaged
neighborhoods and higher levels of economic distress. 8 tables, 2
figures, and 17 references |
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Main Term(s):
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Female victims |
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Index Term(s):
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Economic influences ; Domestic relations ; Domestic assault ; Domestic violence causes ; NIJ final report |
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Note:
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For the full report, see NCJ-193434. |
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