@article{ref1,
title="Girls in the ’Hood: How Safety Affects the Life Chances of Low-Income Girls",
journal="Urban affairs review",
year="2010",
author="Popkin, S. J. and Leventhal, T. and Weismann, G.",
volume="45",
number="6",
pages="715-744",
abstract="Adolescents growing up in high-poverty neighborhoods are at risk for a range of negative outcomes. Girls face specific threats because of their gender -- omnipresent harassment, pressure for early sexual initiation, pervasive intimate partner violence, and high risk of sexual assault. This article uses mixed-methods data from the Three-City Study of Moving to Opportunity (MTO) to explore how moving to lower-poverty neighborhoods may have influenced adolescent girls’ life chances. MTO families moved to neighborhoods with lower levels of violent crime overall, but MTO girls also experienced a substantial reduction in the &quot;female fear,&quot; Gordon and Riger’s term for the fear of sexual harassment, coercion, and rape. The authors argue that this change is a plausible explanation for the notable improvements in MTO girls’ well-being.<p />",
language="",
issn="1078-0874",
doi="10.1177/1078087410361572",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078087410361572"
}