Citation

Madkour AS, Martin SL, Halpern CT, Schoenbach VJ. Violence Vict. 2010; 25(3): 363-377.

Affiliation

Department of Community Health Sciences, Tulane Uiversity School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. aspriggs@tulane.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Springer Publishing)

DOI

10.1891/0886-6708.25.3.363

PMID

20565007

PMCID

PMC2891556

Abstract

Using data from the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System and other sources, we examined ecologic relationships between county (n = 100) disadvantage and intimate partner homicide (IPH), variability by victim gender and county urbanicity, and potential mediators. County disadvantage was related to female-victim homicide only in metropolitan counties (incidence rate ratio IRR. 1.25); however, disadvantage was associated with male-victim IPH regardless of county urbanicity (IRR 1.17). None of the potential intervening variables examined (shelter availability, intimate partner violence services' funding) was supported as a mediator. Results suggest disparities across North Carolina counties in IPH according to county disadvantage. Future research should explore other potential mediators (i.e., service accessibility and law enforcement responses), as well as test the robustness of findings using additional years of data.

Language: en