Neighborhood characteristics and violence behind closed doors: The spatial overlap of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence

dc.contributor.authorGracia, E., López-Quílez, A., Marco, M., & Lila, M.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-19T15:03:02Z
dc.date.available2018-06-19T15:03:02Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractIn this study, we analyze first whether there is a common spatial distribution of child maltreatment (CM) and intimate partner violence (IPV), and second, whether the risks of CM and IPV are influenced by the same neighborhood characteristics, and if these risks spatially overlap. To this end we used geocoded data of CM referrals (N = 588) and IPV incidents (N = 1450) in the city of Valencia (Spain). As neighborhood proxies, we used 552 census block groups. Neighborhood characteristics analyzed at the aggregated level (census block groups) were: Neighborhood concentrated disadvantage (neighborhood economic status, neighborhood education level, and policing activity), immigrant concentration, and residential instability. A Bayesian joint modeling approach was used to examine the spatial distribution of CM and IPV, and a Bayesian random-effects modeling approach was used to analyze the influence of neighborhood-level characteristics on small-area variations of CM and IPV risks. For CM, 98% of the total between-area variation in risk was captured by a shared spatial component, while for IPV the shared component was 77%. The risks of CM and IPV were higher in neighborhoods characterized by lower levels of economic status and education, and higher levels of policing activity, immigrant concentration, and residential instability. The correlation between the log relative risk of CM and IPV was .85. Most census block groups had either low or high risks in both outcomes (with only 10.5% of the areas with mismatched risks). These results show that certain neighborhood characteristics are associated with an increase in the risk of family violence, regardless of whether this violence is against children or against intimate partners. Identifying these high-risk areas can inform a more integrated community-level response to both types of family violence. Future research should consider a community-level approach to address both types of family violence, as opposed to individual-level intervention addressing each type of violence separately.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGracia, E., López-Quílez, A., Marco, M., & Lila, M. (2018). Neighborhood characteristics and violence behind closed doors: The spatial overlap of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence. PLoS one, 13(6), e0198684.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0198684
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3867
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPLoS Oneen_US
dc.subjectco-occurrenceen_US
dc.subjectchild maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectIntimate partner violenceen_US
dc.subjectrisk assessmenten_US
dc.subjectcommunityen_US
dc.titleNeighborhood characteristics and violence behind closed doors: The spatial overlap of child maltreatment and intimate partner violenceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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