Exploring neighborhood influences on small-area variations in intimate partner violence risk: A Bayesian random-effects modeling approach

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 866-882

  Gracia, Enrique ^a   López Quílez, Antonio ^a   Marco, Miriam ^a   Lladosa, Silvia ^a   Lila, Marisol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian spatial modeling; Crime; Disorder; Immigration; Intimate partner violence; Neighborhoods; Social disorganization; Social environment

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CRIME; IMMIGRATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DATA; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOW RISK POPULATION; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POLICE; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

BAYES THEOREM; CITIES; CRIME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; WOMEN;

EID: 84892160801     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110100866     Document Type: Article

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