Citation

Lee SL. Asian Soc. Work Policy Rev. 2014; 8(3): 210-227.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/aswp.12036

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study is the first to explore the effect of social worker manpower on family violence incidents. In addition, it is the first study to investigate the geography of family violence in Taiwan. Using data from the County-Level Important Indicator Query System, this study performs panel regressions to analyze the determinants of county-level family violence incidents between 2005 and 2011. The empirical results clearly indicate that family violence incidents tend to be higher in counties that suffer economic disadvantage and in which there is an inadequate deployment of social worker manpower. The findings have important implications for combating family violence.

Language: en