Neighborhood informal social control and child maltreatment: A comparison of protective and punitive approaches

Emery, Clifton R.; Trung, Hai Nguyen; Wu, Shali

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.05.002

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“…Tyler, ; Tyler & Blader, ) when the subjects of control are treated with concern, fairness, respect and are given a say in what happens to them. Such a pathway is also suggested by Emery, Trung, et al.’s () finding that softer forms of informal social control aimed at protecting the victim were significantly associated with less severe child abuse, but punitive forms of control aimed at punishing the perpetrator were not associated with child abuse.…”

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“…Emery, Trung, et al. () tell a similar story for neighborhood informal social control and physical child abuse, and they argue that these empirical anomalies result from neighborhood level measurement error. They argue that the collective efficacy measure of informal social control deals with control of crime and disorder outside of the home.…”

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What would your neighbor do? An experimental approach to the study of informal social control of intimate partner violence in South Korea

Emery

Yang

Kim

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Journal Community Psychology

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Although research on bystander intervention and informal social control of intimate partner violence (IPV) is increasingly common, empirical anomalies remain and experimental studies on population samples are rare. This study reports the effects of a new experimental approach to the study of informal social control of IPV by neighbors on a small population sample of 100 married men in Seoul, South Korea. We hypothesized that men randomly assigned to a high‐perceived informal social control condition would have lower self‐estimated likelihoods of IPV perpetration in response to a vignette. We also hypothesized that the effect of random assignment would be different for that portion of the sample that reported perpetration of family violence (IPV or child abuse). Compared to the nonperpetrating portion of the sample, perpetrators of family violence in the sample randomly assigned to the high perceived control condition experienced a significant drop in self‐estimated likelihood of IPV perpetration.

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What would your neighbor do? An experimental approach to the study of informal social control of intimate partner violence in South Korea

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Yang

Kim

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Journal Community Psychology

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“…The risk of recurring child maltreatment can be understood as the interaction between neighborhood and family characteristics (Emery et al, 2015) but the present study did not have a direct measure of neighborhood factors that might impact recurring allegations. Numerous problems exist in using child welfare administrative data sets to address research questions about the effectiveness of intervention programs (Chaffin et al, 2012; Chamberlain et al, 2016; Green et al, 2015, Lucenko et al, 2015).…”

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“…These negative health consequences extend throughout adult life (Lucenko et al, 2015; Miller, Chen & Parker, 2011). These adverse influence processes may be particularly acute for families in poor neighborhoods that do not provide informal social control to reduce abuse and neglect (Emery, Trung, & Wu, 2015). Recurring maltreatment may reflect both characteristics of families and their social environments.…”

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Summary of comparison between FFT-CW ® and Usual Care sample from Administration for Children's Services

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Child Abuse & Neglect

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This evaluation compared the efficiency and effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy-Child Welfare (FFT-CW®, n=1625) to Usual Care (UC: n=2250) in reducing child maltreatment. FFT-CW® is a continuum of care model based on the family’s risk status. In a child welfare setting, families received either UC or FFT-CW® in a quasi-experimental, stepped wedge design across all five boroughs of New York City. The families were matched using stratified propensity scoring on their pre-service risk status and followed for 16 months. The ethnically diverse sample included African American (36%), Asian (4%); Hispanic (49%), and Non-Hispanic White (6%) or Other (6%) participants. Referral reasons included abuse or neglect (57.4%), child service needs (56.9%) or child health and safety concerns (42.8%). Clinical process variables included staff fidelity, service duration, and number of contacts. Positive outcomes included whether all clinical goals were met and negative outcomes included transfers, outplacement, recurring allegations and service participation within 16 months of the case open date. Families receiving FFT-CW® completed treatment more quickly than UC and they were significantly more likely to meet all of the planned service goals. Higher treatment fidelity was associated with more favorable outcomes. Fewer FFT-CW® families were transferred to another program at closing, and they had fewer recurring allegations. FFT-CW® had fewer out-of-home placements in families with higher levels of risk factors. The FFT-CW® program was more efficient in completing service, and more effective than UC in meeting treatment goals while also avoiding adverse outcomes.

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“…They argue that the Sampson et al's (1997) Collective Efficacy Scale produces too much measurement error when applied to family violence (Emery, Trung, & Wu, 2015;Emery, Wu, & Raghavan, 2015). They attribute previous inconsistent findings to neighborhood-level measurement error.…”

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Informal Control by Family and Risk Markers for Alcohol Abuse/Dependence in Seoul

Emery

Yang

et al. 2016

J Interpers Violence

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Although previous research documents a reliable relationship between physical intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and alcoholism, relatively little research has examined new theoretical constructs in IPV research that may increase risk for or help buffer women from alcohol abuse/dependence. The purpose of the present study was to examine informal social control of IPV by family members as a protective factor against and coercive control as a risk factor for alcohol abuse/dependence in a small population sample of married women in Seoul, South Korea. We hypothesized that (a) informal social control by family members would be negatively associated with victim alcohol abuse/dependence and (b) husband's coercive control would be positively associated with victim alcohol abuse/dependence. We measured alcohol abuse/dependence (CAGE scale), IPV and coercive control by husbands, and informal social control of IPV (ISC_IPV) by extended family members in a three-stage random cluster sample of 462 married women in Seoul, South Korea. Both random effects regression and zero-inflated Poisson regression models found that ISC_IPV by extended family members was associated with a significantly lower CAGE scores, and coercive control was associated with significantly higher CAGE scores. Interventions to boost ISC_IPV by extended family members may mitigate some of the risk of alcohol abuse/dependence by victims.

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Neighborhood informal social control and child maltreatment: A comparison of protective and punitive approaches

Cited by 73 publications

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What would your neighbor do? An experimental approach to the study of informal social control of intimate partner violence in South Korea

What would your neighbor do? An experimental approach to the study of informal social control of intimate partner violence in South Korea

Summary of comparison between FFT-CW ® and Usual Care sample from Administration for Children's Services

Informal Control by Family and Risk Markers for Alcohol Abuse/Dependence in Seoul

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