TY - JOUR
T1 - The Effect of Home Foreclosures on Child Maltreatment Rates
T2 - A Longitudinal Examination of Neighborhoods in Cleveland, Ohio
AU - Hoyle, Mary Elizabeth
AU - Chamberlain, Alyssa W.
AU - Wallace, Danielle
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Foreclosure rates have been linked to increased levels of neighborhood stress. Neighborhood stressors can impact a number of interpersonal and familial dynamics, including child maltreatment. Despite this, little research has examined the relationship between neighborhood foreclosure rates and aggregate trends in child maltreatment. Using substantiated child maltreatment cases, foreclosure, and census data at the neighborhood level in Cleveland, Ohio we find that home foreclosures are a significant predictor of neighborhood rates of child maltreatment. Importantly, this effect is durable and is not impacted by the housing crisis. Furthermore, this is a direct effect and is not shaped by other neighborhood conditions like poverty, as found in prior research. From a policy perspective, this suggests that policy makers need to be cognizant of the effect of foreclosures on child maltreatment regardless of the historical and economic contexts of the neighborhood.
AB - Foreclosure rates have been linked to increased levels of neighborhood stress. Neighborhood stressors can impact a number of interpersonal and familial dynamics, including child maltreatment. Despite this, little research has examined the relationship between neighborhood foreclosure rates and aggregate trends in child maltreatment. Using substantiated child maltreatment cases, foreclosure, and census data at the neighborhood level in Cleveland, Ohio we find that home foreclosures are a significant predictor of neighborhood rates of child maltreatment. Importantly, this effect is durable and is not impacted by the housing crisis. Furthermore, this is a direct effect and is not shaped by other neighborhood conditions like poverty, as found in prior research. From a policy perspective, this suggests that policy makers need to be cognizant of the effect of foreclosures on child maltreatment regardless of the historical and economic contexts of the neighborhood.
KW - child abuse
KW - community violence
KW - criminology
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U2 - 10.1177/0886260520943725
DO - 10.1177/0886260520943725
M3 - Article
C2 - 32723140
AN - SCOPUS:85088824878
SN - 0886-2605
VL - 37
SP - NP2768-NP2790
JO - Journal of interpersonal violence
JF - Journal of interpersonal violence
IS - 5-6
ER -