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The informal social control of intimate partner violence against women

Exploring personal attitudes and perceived neighborhood social cohesion

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ID11043789
AuthorsVictoria Frye (0000-0003-3239-7201, New York Academy of Medicine, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume35
Issue8
Pages1001-1018
Publication date2007-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.20209
OpenAlexW2018874010
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited49

Intimate partner violence against women is a major public health and social problem. However, our understanding of how the geographic community or neighborhood influences its distribution is underdeveloped. In contrast, there is accumulating evidence that neighborhood characteristics, such as social cohesion and related neighborhood factors, are associated with general violence both at the neighborhood and individual levels. Drawing insights from social disorganization, feminist, and bystander intervention research and theory, this cross‐sectional, exploratory study examines influences on the predicted likelihood of intervening in general and intimate partner violence situations, termed enacting informal social control. Specificially, perceptions of neighborhood social cohesion and related neighborhood factors, and personal attitudes toward intimate partner violence are assessed using data from a community sample of 119 New York City residents. Results indicate that perceptions of neighborhood social cohesion were not positively related to predicted likelihood of enacting informal social control of either general violence or intimate partner violence. Personal attitudes towards intimate partner violence were positively associated with predicted informal social control of intimate partner, but not general violence. The need for further research in this area and theoretical and practical implications of the findings for intimate partner violence against women prevention are discussed. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comm Psychol 35: 1001–1018, 2007

Cohesion (chemistry) · Collective efficacy · Domestic violence · Environmental health · Informal social control · Perception · Poison control · Social control · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Homelessness and Social Issues · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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