University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Dec;36(23-24):NP12783-NP12806. doi: 10.1177/0886260519900312. Epub 2020 Feb 5.
Prior research examining how macro-level factors contribute to aggregate rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) across neighborhoods has focused almost exclusively on economic disadvantage or residential instability. Fewer studies have assessed what structural factors might ameliorate rates of domestic violence, such as economic investment. Housing investment improves communities by increasing the number of homeowners, who tend to be more committed to the neighborhood and more likely to develop strong social ties with other residents. The benefits of strong socially connected communities should extend to IPV victims, as studies have shown that female IPV victims tend to be less connected with their social environment and live in less supportive communities. This study examines the influence of external economic investment through home mortgage loans on the number of IPV incidents in a neighborhood and whether an influx of investment mitigates the negative effects of structural conditions on IPV. We examine these issues using panel data on home loan investment among neighborhoods in Cleveland, Ohio, between 1995 and 2010 to predict female and male domestic assault victimization rates. We find that the number of home purchase loans in a neighborhood has no appreciable impact on the level of IPV incidents, but as the average dollar amount of investment increases, the number of IPV incidents significantly decreases. This relationship is moderated by the neighborhood level of disadvantage: in highly disadvantaged neighborhoods, even low average dollar amounts contribute to a reduction in the number of female victims of domestic assault, but the same relationship is not apparent for male victims or in low disadvantaged neighborhoods. Our findings suggest that investment is important for disrupting the relationship between neighborhood structure and IPV, and implementing place-based strategies to encourage homeownership, particularly in disadvantaged neighborhoods, will be especially impactful.
先前研究考察了宏观因素如何导致邻里之间亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的总体发生率，这些研究几乎完全集中在经济劣势或居住不稳定上。较少的研究评估了哪些结构因素可以降低家庭暴力的发生率，例如经济投资。住房投资通过增加房主的数量来改善社区，房主往往更致力于社区，并更有可能与其他居民建立牢固的社会关系。强大的社会联系社区的好处应该扩展到 IPV 受害者，因为研究表明，女性 IPV 受害者往往与他们的社会环境联系较少，生活在支持性较差的社区中。本研究通过住房抵押贷款考察了外部经济投资对邻里间 IPV 事件数量的影响，以及投资的涌入是否减轻了结构条件对 IPV 的负面影响。我们使用俄亥俄州克利夫兰市邻里之间的住房贷款投资面板数据来检验这些问题，以预测女性和男性家庭攻击受害率。我们发现，一个社区的购房贷款数量对 IPV 事件的水平没有明显影响，但随着投资平均金额的增加，IPV 事件的数量显著减少。这种关系受到邻里劣势水平的调节：在高度劣势的邻里中，即使平均投资金额较低，也有助于减少女性家庭攻击受害者的数量，但这种关系对男性受害者或在劣势较低的邻里中并不明显。我们的研究结果表明，投资对于打破邻里结构和 IPV 之间的关系很重要，实施基于地点的策略来鼓励住房拥有权，特别是在劣势社区，将特别有影响力。
