Characteristics of the residential neighborhood environment differentiate intimate partner femicide in urban versus rural settings.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

A growing body of work examines the association between neighborhood environment and intimate partner violence (IPV). As in the larger literature examining the influence of place context on health, rural settings are understudied and urban and rural residential environments are rarely compared. In addition, despite increased attention to the linkages between neighborhood environment and IPV, few studies have examined the influence of neighborhood context on intimate partner femicide (IPF). In this paper, we examine the role for neighborhood-level factors in differentiating urban and rural IPFs in Wisconsin, USA.

Methods

We use a combination of Wisconsin Violent Death Reporting System (WVDRS) data and Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WCADV) reports from

SUBMITTER: Beyer KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3695409 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature