Neighborhood Environment and Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-47

  Beyer, Kirsten ^a   Wallis, Anne Baber ^b   Hamberger, L Kevin ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community violence; cultural contexts; domestic violence

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84914128650     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838013515758     Document Type: Article

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