02972nam 2200601Ia 450 991080781700332120230126205808.01-59332-659-9(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 aspectsViolenceForecastingIntimate partner violence.NeighborhoodsPsychological aspects.NeighborhoodsSocial aspects.ViolenceForecasting.362.82/92Wright Emily M1609018MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807817003321Neighborhoods and intimate partner violence3936031UNINA