Kirsten Beyer|Anne Wallis|L. Kevin Hamberger
Neighborhood Environment and Intimate Partner Violence
Medical College of Wisconsin|James Madison University|Medical College of Wisconsin
intimate partner violence ipv important global public health problem affecting women across life span increasing risk number unfavorable health outcomes typically conceptualized private form violence research focused individuallevel risk markers recently scholarly attention paid role residential neighborhood environment may play influencing occurrence ipv research accumulating since 1990s increasing prominence topic comprehensive literature reviews yet undertaken time take stock known remains unknown methods concepts investigators considered article undertake comprehensive systematic review literature date relationship neighborhood environment ipv asking status scholarship related association neighborhood environment ipv occurrence although literature young receiving increasing attention researchers sociology public health criminology fields obvious gaps literature include limited consideration nonurban areas limited theoretical motivation limited consideration range potential contributors environmental effects ipvsuch built environmental factors access services addition explanations pathways place influences occurrence ipv draw mainly social disorganization theory developed urban settings united states may need adapted especially useful explaining residential environmental correlates ipv rural nonus settings complete theoretical understanding relationship neighborhood environment ipv especially considering differences among urban semiurban rural settings developed developing country settings necessary advance research questions improve policy intervention responses reduce burden ipv