Neighborhoods and Intimate Partner Violence: A Decade in Review

Wright, Emily M.; Pinchevsky, Gillian M.; Xie, Min

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“…13,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] In contrast, empirical evidence for the presumed effect of residential instability on IPV is scarce. 9,10 Some studies reported nonsignificant associations 13,[28][29][30] while others observed negative associations, in contradiction with the SDT. 20,[23][24][25] The role of ethnocultural heterogeneity is also equivocal.…”

Section: Social Disorganization Theory and Intimate Partner Violencementioning

confidence: 98%

“…However, a growing number of studies, mostly conducted in the U.S, have analysed neighbourhood-level factors in relation to IPV, and recent literature reviews suggest that different neighbourhood characteristics are associated with IPV. 8 – 11 In these studies, the influence of local environments (i.e., neighbourhoods) on IPV the social disorganization theory (SDT) 12 is the conceptual framework most frequently referred to. 8 , 9 This theory posits that neighbourhood sociodemographic characteristics, specifically socioeconomic status (SES), single parenthood, residential instability and ethnocultural heterogeneity, are associated with crime and violence.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Associations between small-area sociodemographic characteristics and intimate partner violence in Montréal, Québec

Rodrigues,

Fernet,

Cousineau

et al. 2023

Journal of Public Health Research

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Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects many individuals and can have a significant impact on their health and well-being. In order to inform prevention strategies, several studies have focused on the determinants of IPV. However, knowledge on the association between neighbourhood characteristics and IPV remains scarce. The social disorganization theory posits that certain neighbourhood characteristics are associated with violent behaviours. This theory has been used to explain spatial variations in IPV, but most studies have been conducted in the United States. Little is known about the effect of neighbourhood factors in urban contexts outside of the United States. Design and methods: Using police data from 2016 and 2017, this study estimated the association between sociodemographic characteristics of neighbourhoods (socioeconomic status, single-parenthood, residential instability and ethnocultural heterogeneity) and IPV victimization in Montréal, Québec. Results: Results suggest a neighbourhood-level variation in IPV, and that neighbourhood-level characteristics are associated with IPV victimization. Specifically, the likelihood of IPV is higher in neighbourhoods with the lowest SES level (OR = 2.80, 95%CI: 2.47–3.17, p < 0.001) and the lowest level of residential instability (OR = 0.81, 95%CI: 0.70–0.93, p = 0.003) as well as the highest proportion of single-parent households (OR = 1.88, 95%CI: 1.65–2.15, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Although neighbourhood-level interventions to reduce IPV are rare, our results highlight the importance of developing such preventive strategies. Prevention programs targeting high-risk neighbourhoods may prove effective in reducing IPV.

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Section: Social Disorganization Theory and Intimate Partner Violencementioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Associations between small-area sociodemographic characteristics and intimate partner violence in Montréal, Québec

Rodrigues,

Fernet,

Cousineau

et al. 2023

Journal of Public Health Research

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“…Further to this, the specter and spectrum of gendered violence shape the everyday realities of women, which in turn could influence their perceived ability to control their own victimization (Jackson 2016; Walklate 2017). As victimization against women clusters within particular neighborhoods (Beyer, Wallis, and Hamberger 2015; Wright, Pimchevsky, and Xie 2021), there are likely ecological cues of vulnerability that specifically shape women's perceived control over their victimization.…”

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Vulnerability in the Neighborhood: A Study of Perceived Control Over Victimization

Keel

Wickes

Lee

et al. 2023

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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Objectives: We test which neighborhood characteristics are associated with perceived control over victimization and how the neighborhood context explains differences between women's and men's perceived control. Methods: Drawing upon administrative data and a survey of 2,862 participants living in 80 neighborhoods in Victoria, Australia, we make a distinction between broader characteristics of the neighborhood, community processes, and gendered neighborhood dynamics. We run a series of multilevel mixed effects regression models to examine the relationship between individual-level perceptions of control over victimization and the neighborhood. Results: Results indicate that a concentration of low-income households in the neighborhood is associated with residents reporting less control over their victimization. Furthermore, the interaction revealed higher crime in the neighborhood lowered women's perceived control while heightening men's perceived control over victimization. Conclusions: Gender remained strongly associated with perceived control over victimization throughout the analysis despite extensive testing of general and gendered neighborhood conditions that may account for differences between women and men. The results found that overall crime rates were the only feature that assisted in explaining the differences between women and men. Future research must seek to better capture the environmental conditions that can account for the difference between women's and men's perceptions.

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“…There has been a growth in literature examining factors related to IPV and explaining such behavior within contemporary theoretical frameworks (Hayes, 2021 ; Voith, 2019 ; Wright et al, 2021 ). Despite this, extant frameworks employed in understanding IPV have been shown to be of limited applicability and/or need to be theoretically re-conceptualized among non-US samples (Hayes et al, 2021 ; VanderEnde et al, 2012 ).…”

Section: India and Ipvmentioning

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Association Between Disabilities, Educational Attainment, Literacy, and Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the Indian National Family Health Surveys

Maher

Hayes

2022

Asian J Criminol

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is widespread across the Global South, including India, due to cultural and patriarchal norms that encourage and facilitate such behaviors. These include age at marriage, community- and individual-level encouragement of IPV, and limited access to education across the Global South, particularly for women. Despite this, little research has sought to disentangle the role that disabilities play in affecting women’s risk of IPV in India. The current study analyzes a sample of currently married women ( N = 114,901) from the nationally representative 2015–2016 and 2019–2021 National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) to assess whether a relationship exists between these dimensions, while controlling for well-known IPV correlates, with physical IPV and controlling behaviors. Logistic regression analyses revealed that persons with cognitive/intellectual disabilities as well as blind respondents were more likely to experience physical IPV. Blind respondents were also more likely to experience controlling behavior. Further, findings indicate that those with no or some education were more likely to experience physical IPV relative to those with higher education. Findings from the current study demonstrate the need for IPV reduction policies to ensure that adequate accommodations are available to facilitate help-seeking behaviors among persons with disabilities. Tailored prevention policies are also needed which consider both context- and location-specific factors associated with risk.

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Neighborhoods and Intimate Partner Violence: A Decade in Review

Cited by 6 publications

References 58 publications

Associations between small-area sociodemographic characteristics and intimate partner violence in Montréal, Québec

Associations between small-area sociodemographic characteristics and intimate partner violence in Montréal, Québec

Vulnerability in the Neighborhood: A Study of Perceived Control Over Victimization

Association Between Disabilities, Educational Attainment, Literacy, and Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the Indian National Family Health Surveys

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