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Neighborhood Environment, Racial Position, and Risk of Police-Reported Domestic Violence: A Contextual Analysis

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of neighborhood socioeconomic conditions to risk of police-reported domestic violence in relation to victim's race. Data on race came from police forms legally mandated for the reporting of domestic violence and sexual assaul...

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Published in:Public health reports (1974) 2003-01, Vol.118 (1), p.44-58
Main Authors: Deborah N. Pearlman, Zierler, Sally, Annie Gjelsvik, Wendy Verhoek-Oftedahl
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Language:English
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Summary:Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of neighborhood socioeconomic conditions to risk of police-reported domestic violence in relation to victim's race. Data on race came from police forms legally mandated for the reporting of domestic violence and sexual assault. Methods: Using 1990 U.S. census block group data and data for the years 1996-1998 from Rhode Island's domestic violence surveillance system, the authors generated annual and relative risk of police-reported domestic violence and estimates of trends stratified by age, race (black, Hispanic, or white), and neighborhood measures of socioeconomic conditions. Race-specific linear regression models were constructed with average annual risk of police-reported domestic violence as the dependent variable. Results: Across all levels of neighborhood poverty (
ISSN:0033-3549
1468-2877
DOI:10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50216-9