Neighborhood characteristics and violence behind closed doors: The spatial overlap of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we analyze first whether there is a common spatial distribution of child maltreatment (CM) and intimate partner violence (IPV), and second, whether the risks of CM and IPV are influenced by the same neighborhood characteristics, and if these risks spatially overlap. To this end we used geocoded data of CM referrals (N = 588) and IPV incidents (N = 1450) in the city of Valencia (Spain). As neighborhood proxies, we used 552 census block groups. Neighborhood characteristics analyzed at the aggregated level (census block groups) were: Neighborhood concentrated disadvantage (neighborhood economic status, neighborhood education level, and policing activity), immigrant concentration, and residential instability. A Bayesian joint modeling approach was used to examine the spatial dis

SUBMITTER: Gracia E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5991672 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature