Social disadvantage and family violence: Neighborhood effects on attitudes about intimate partner violence and corporal punishment

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Social disadvantage and family violence: Neighborhood effects on attitudes about intimate partner violence and corporal punishment
Citation	Button DM. Am. J. Crim. Justice 2008; 33(1): 130-147.
Copyright	(Copyright © 2008, College of Law Enforcement, Eastern Kentucky University, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)
DOI	10.1007/s12103-008-9033-3
PMID	unavailable
Abstract	Social disorganization theory asserts that neighborhood composition affects levels of violence within the community. The purpose of this article is to analyze the bivariate effects of social disorganization, crime, and collective efficacy, in addition to the individual factors of gender, race, and a history of child maltreatment, on the acceptance of using violence within the family. Data from the Norfolk Police Department (2000-2004), 2000 Census, and 2006 Norfolk Residents' Attitudes about Crime Survey were used to determine differences in approval of family violence. Results indicated that approval for family violence is an individual-level phenomenon as well as a community-level occurrence. Various aspects of family violence elicit different levels of tolerance by both micro- and macro-level characteristics. Implications are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)