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NCJ 193434
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| Title:
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Economic Distress, Community Context and Intimate Violence: An Application and Extension of Social Disorganization Theory, Final 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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| Sponsoring Agency:
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| Sale:
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Police Foundation
1201 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
United States |
| Document Url:
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PDF |
| Dataset at:
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http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD |
| Publication Date:
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2001 |
| Pages:
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165 |
| Type:
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Studies/research reports |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Grant No.:
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98-WT-VX-0011 |
| Note:
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For the executive summary, see NCJ-193433. |
| Annotation:
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This study merged data from waves 1 and 2 of the National Survey
of Families and Households (NSFH) (Sweet, Bumpass, and Call,
1988) with census tract-level data from the 1990 U.S. Census to
investigate contextual variation in and correlates of domestic
violence. |
| Abstract:
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Completed in 1988, the first wave of the NSFH included interviews
with a probability sample of 13,007 adult respondents
representing 9,637 households. In wave 2, completed in 1994,
interviews were conducted with all surviving members of the
original sample (n=10,007) and with the current spouse or
cohabiting partner of the primary respondent (n=5,624). The study
was based primarily on a subsample of households in which
respondents were married or cohabiting during wave 1 or 2 or
both, participated in both waves, and had complete data on the
outcome variables. Data were collected on variables grouped into
three major categories: indicators of conflict and violence in
couple interactions; indicators of the economic status and
experiences of the couple; and individual, couple-level, and
household socio-demographic characteristics. Data from the 1990
census data were analyzed to determine the contextual variation
in and correlates of domestic violence. A number of major
findings emerged from the study. It was evident that violence
against women was more prevalent and severe in socio-economically
disadvantaged neighborhoods. Further, the relationship between
community context and intimate violence was not entirely the
result of compositional differences in neighborhood populations,
but rather involved a contextual effect. At the individual level,
both objective and subjective forms of economic distress
increased the risk of violence against women. The risk of
violence against women increased dramatically when
individual-level economic distress and community-level economic
disadvantage coexisted. The study also found that compared to
white couples, the rate of intimate violence against women was
higher among African-American couples; this difference resulted
primarily from the contextual variables of location in
disadvantaged neighborhoods and higher levels of economic
distress. 40 tables, 67 references, and appended variables
abstracted from the U.S. Census |
| Main Term(s):
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Female victims |
| Index Term(s):
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Economic influences ; Domestic relations ; Domestic assault ; Domestic violence causes ; NIJ final report |
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