Neighborhoods and child maltreatment: a multi-level study

Coulton, Claudia J.; Korbin, Jill E.; Su, Marilyn

doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(99)00076-9

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“…In another study Coulton et al, (1999) examined the relationships among neighborhood structure, process, and individual risk factors for child maltreatment from the perspectives of residents. They found that poverty and family disruption, substance abuse and stress, lack of moral and family values, and individual pathology accounted for almost two-thirds of the variance in the explanation of the causes of child maltreatment from the perspective of the residents.…”

Section: Environmental Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consequences of child maltreatment in society and implementation of new prevention policies

Kargin¹

2016

HumanSciences

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Child maltreatment is a global societal concern with serious consequences for all the nations. While severe child maltreatment catches the attention of child protection services and is brought up to the courts for punishment, there are hidden forms of abuse that are difficult to notice and hence, the predators of such offenses continue to violate the innocence of children over a long period of time. Turkey has to work twice as hard on this issue not only because of the structure of the child protection agencies but also because of the policies and strategies that are in need of revising so that the abusers will get the punishment that they deserve. In order to prevent child abuse it is vital to have parent education programs. This is simply because in our society parents usually see "spare the rod and spoil the child" as a philosophy in the child's upbringing. If the child is abused at home or by close relatives, a place of intervention might be the school environment. At child at school might exhibit aggressive behaviors or signs of abuse that should alert teachers and school administrators that abuse has taken place. If the educators suspect of abuse they should contact legal authorities to take legal action. Having an informed staff in school is only possible by having a school based intervention program. If the aim is to stop the abuse before it happens then the programs discussed in this paper is definitely a huge leap in the right direction.

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Section: Environmental Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consequences of child maltreatment in society and implementation of new prevention policies

Kargin¹

2016

HumanSciences

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“…Parmi les autres caractéristiques structurelles des territoires en lien avec les probabilités de signalement et de mauvais traitements, les territoires où le ratio enfants/adultes est plus grand présentent un risque plus élevé 19,21,26,27 . L'instabilité résidentielle, c'est-à-dire des territoires où les familles déménagent souvent et où il y a de nombreux loyers vacants, est aussi associée aux mauvais traitements 27,28 , notamment dans les territoires à dominance blanche plutôt que ceux à dominance noire 21 .…”

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“…L'instabilité résidentielle, c'est-à-dire des territoires où les familles déménagent souvent et où il y a de nombreux loyers vacants, est aussi associée aux mauvais traitements 27,28 , notamment dans les territoires à dominance blanche plutôt que ceux à dominance noire 21 . La densité (au sein des logements et sur le territoire), la proportion de familles monoparentales 29 …”

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Spatial Relationships between Neighbourhood Characteristics and Rates of Children from Ethnocultural Communities Reported to Child Protective Services

Dufour

Lavergne

Ramos

2015

Can J Public Health

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RÉSUMÉOBJECTIFS : Les objectifs de cette étude étaient de 1) cartographier la distribution spatiale des taux d'enfants de groupes ethnoculturels signalés à la protection de la jeunesse (enfants noirs, d'autres minorités visibles et non issus des minorités visibles) et 2) estimer la contribution relative de diverses caractéristiques territoriales à ces taux selon les groupes.MÉTHODE : Cinq cent cinq secteurs de recensement montréalais sont étudiés. Les taux d'enfants signalés selon les groupes (variables dépendantes) et des caractéristiques territoriales comme la pauvreté (variables indépendantes) sont cartographiés puis soumis à des régressions linéaires multiples et géographiquement pondérés (GWR); des résultats GWR sont finalement cartographiés.RÉSULTATS : La distribution spatiale et les taux d'enfants signalés sont très différents selon les groupes, les Noirs présentant le taux moyen d'enfants signalés le plus élevé. Si, en considérant les relations spatiales, les caractéristiques territoriales permettent d'expliquer 51 % de la variance pour les enfants non issus des minorités visibles, elles s'avèrent nettement moins efficaces dans la prédiction des taux d'enfants noirs (18 %) et d'autres minorités (18 %).CONCLUSION : Les facteurs de risque territoriaux des signalements, déjà bien connus, sont à l'oeuvre à Montréal. Cependant, ils n'agissent pas avec la même intensité selon le secteur de recensement ni, surtout, selon les groupes ethnoculturels. Lorsqu'on s'intéresse seulement à la distribution et la prédiction des signalements de l'ensemble des enfants, on dilue donc des différences importantes. Pourtant, l'accès et l'adéquation des services offerts aux familles vulnérables, dont celles de minorités visibles, peuvent être bonifiés par une meilleure compréhension des dynamiques locales.MOTS CLÉS : abus à l'égard des enfants; violence familiale; cartographie géographique; facteurs de risque; épidémiologieThe translation of the Abstract appears at the end of this article. A translation of the article in its entirety is available on the journal website as a supplementary file in ARTICLE TOOLS.

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“…Some of the factors that increase the likelihood of a parent or other caregiver abusing a child include having unrealistic expectations about child development, poor impulse control, stress and social isolation (90,93,102,105,106). Many studies also suggest that child abuse is related to poverty and to the lack of ''social capital'' -the social networks and neighbourhood relationships that have been shown to protect children (107)(108)(109).…”

Section: Violence Against Intimate Partnersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Carrying weapons and intent to harm among Victorian secondary school students in 1999 and 2009

Hemphill

Tollit

Romaniuk

et al. 2013

Medical Journal of Australia

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Research outh violence (for example, carrying a weapon or attacking someone with intent to harm) is one of the most important social and public health problems worldwide. 1-3 The costs of youth violence stem from harm caused to victims, as well as policing and criminal justice responses and community perceptions of reduced safety. 3,4 Violence was listed in the top three issues concerning young Australians in 2010. 5 Eight per cent of Victorian students in Years 7 and 9 engaged in violent behaviour in 2002, with higher rates among boys than girls. 6 In addition, rates of youth violence are higher in disadvantaged communities 7 and in regional communities with unstable populations and economic structures as well as high unemployment, 8 and lower among youths from immigrant families. 9 There have been reports of increases in violent offences perpetrated by youth in Australia 10 and media reports suggest more youth are violent. 11,12 National population-based surveys could measure whether rates of selfreported violence among youth have changed over time, but Australia does not have such surveys. In this article, we analyse data from Victorian surveys of secondary school students in 1999 and 2009 to examine whether rates of carrying a weapon and attacking someone with intent to harm have increased, after adjusting for sample demographic characteristics.

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Neighborhoods and child maltreatment: a multi-level study

Cited by 374 publications

References 33 publications

Consequences of child maltreatment in society and implementation of new prevention policies

Consequences of child maltreatment in society and implementation of new prevention policies

Spatial Relationships between Neighbourhood Characteristics and Rates of Children from Ethnocultural Communities Reported to Child Protective Services

Carrying weapons and intent to harm among Victorian secondary school students in 1999 and 2009

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