Note: For materials on employment and unemployment, see here. For materials on economic empowerment as a prevention and reduction strategy, see here.
Neighbourhood factors: Key reviews
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Voith, L. A. (2019). Understanding the relation between neighborhoods and intimate partner violence: An integrative review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 20(3), 385-397.
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Ackerman, J., & Love, T. (2014). Ethnic group differences in police notification about intimate partner violence. Violence Against Women, 20(2), 162-185.Benson, M. L., Fox, G. L., DeMaris, A., & Van Wyk, J. (2003). Neighborhood disadvantage, individual economic distress and violence against women in intimate relationships. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 19(3): 207-235.
Benson, M., & Fox, G. L. (2004). When violence hits home: How economics and neighborhood play a role, research in brief. National Institute of Hustice, 205004.
Blumenstein, L., & Jasinski, J. L. (2015). Intimate partner assault and structural-level correlates of crime: Exploring the relationship between contextual factors and intimate partner violence. Criminal justice studies, 28(2), 186-210.
Bushover, B., Miller, E., Bair-Merritt, M., Abebe, K., & Culyba, A. (2020). Physical environment and violence perpetration among male youth in Pittsburgh: a spatial analysis. Injury Prevention, 26(6), 588-592.
Carpenter, R. K., & Stinson, J. D. (2022). Neighborhood-Level Predictors of Sexual Violence Across Intimate Partner and Non-Intimate Partner Relationships: A Case–Control Study. Sexual Abuse, 34(6), 716-743. doi:10.1177/10790632211051680
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