Clinical Epidemiology of Urban Violence: Responding to Children Exposed to Violence in Ten Communities

Autor/inn/en	Harpaz-Rotem, Ilan; Murphy, Robert A.; Berkowitz, Steven; Marans, Steven; Rosenheck, Robert A.
Titel	Clinical Epidemiology of Urban Violence: Responding to Children Exposed to Violence in Ten Communities
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22 (2007) 11, S.1479-1490 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260507305571
Schlagwörter	Correlation; At Risk Persons; Adolescents; Children; Age Differences; Victims of Crime; Gender Differences; Epidemiology; Police Community Relationship; Injuries; Child Development; Violence; Urban Areas; Mental Health; Law Enforcement; Community Programs; Ethnicity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Risikogruppe; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Child; Kind; Kinder; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Epidemiologie; Kindesentwicklung; Gewalt; Urban area; Stadtregion; Psychohygiene; Gesetzesvollzug; Ethnizität
Abstract	This study explores the clinical epidemiology of children's exposure to violence as addressed by a program in which mental health clinicians work with law-enforcement agents in 10 U.S. cities. Data were collected on all participants contacted by the Child Development Community Policing Program (N = 7,313 individuals involved in 2,466 community incidents). Multivariate regression was used to examine sociodemographic and clinical correlates of the role of participants (victim, offender, or witness), location, and type of incident. The majority of incidents occurred in participants' homes. Adolescents were at a higher risk than children of being: (a) victimized, (b) involved in incidents outside their home, (c) experiencing a threat to their lives, and (d) suffering physical injuries. Males were more likely to be offenders than females, and to be subjected to physical injuries or involved in incidents that imposed a threat to their life. Females were significantly more likely to be victimized. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10