03006nam 2200613Ia 450 991046226970332120200520144314.01-59332-659-9(CKB)2670000000271356(EBL)1057876(OCoLC)818818861(SSID)ssj0000758307(PQKBManifestationID)12311550(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000758307(PQKBWorkID)10773423(PQKB)10272212(MiAaPQ)EBC1057876(Au-PeEL)EBL1057876(CaPaEBR)ebr10622735(EXLCZ)99267000000027135620100812d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNeighborhoods and intimate partner violence[electronic resource] /Emily M. WrightEl Paso [Tex.] LFB Scholarly Pub.20111 online resource (176 p.)Criminal justice : recent scholarshipDescription based upon print version of record.1-59332-437-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; INDEXWright 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 finds that partner violence is not solely an individual-level phenomenon and that the mechanisms identified by social disorganization theory appear to explain neighborhood influences on intimate partner violence. In particular, neighborhood concentrated immigration, collective efficacy, social tiesCriminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Intimate partner violenceNeighborhoodsPsychological aspectsNeighborhoodsSocial aspectsViolenceForecastingElectronic books.Intimate partner violence.NeighborhoodsPsychological aspects.NeighborhoodsSocial aspects.ViolenceForecasting.362.82/92Wright Emily M1028310MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462269703321Neighborhoods and intimate partner violence2444279UNINA