Neighborhoods and Intimate Partner Violence.

Wright uses data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods to examine the effects of neighborhood structural characteristics and intervening social mechanisms of collective efficacy, social ties, culture, and disorder on intimate partner violence victimization among females. She...

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Main Author: Wright, Emily M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010.
Series:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE: The Importance of Intimate Partner Violence and Neighborhoods; CHAPTER TWO: Individual- and Couple-Level Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence; CHAPTER THREE: Social Disorganization Theory; CHAPTER FOUR: A Multi-Level Investigation of Intimate Partner Violence and Neighborhoods; CHAPTER FIVE: Neighborhood Influences on Intimate Partner Violence; CHAPTER SIX: Theoretical and Policy Implications; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; REFERENCES; INDEX.