Neighborhoods and child maltreatment: A multi-level study

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1019-1040

  Coulton, Claudia J ^a   Korbin, Jill E ^b   Su, Marilyn ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Neighborhood; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEGLECT; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARIANCE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OHIO; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032879003     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00076-9     Document Type: Article

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