TY - JOUR
T1 - A longitudinal, multilevel analysis of homicide against children aged 0-9 years using state-level characteristics
T2 - 1979-2007
AU - Douglas, Emily
AU - Vanderminden, Jennifer
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Springer Publishing Company.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Annually, over a thousand children are the victims of homicide in the United States Homicide among younger children, 0-9 years of age, is usually perpetrated by parents and caregivers. Researchers neither have tracked changes in the homicide rate among young children over time nor have they used theory to understand what factors may drive these changes. In this analysis of state-level data, we used longitudinal growth modeling and ecological theory to examine changes in homicide rate against children aged 0-9 years from 1979 to 2007. Our results indicate that states are relatively consistent, over time, in their homicide rates. Furthermore, a cultural context of criminal and risky behavior is positively associated with homicide against children. We discuss implications for future research and prevention.
AB - Annually, over a thousand children are the victims of homicide in the United States Homicide among younger children, 0-9 years of age, is usually perpetrated by parents and caregivers. Researchers neither have tracked changes in the homicide rate among young children over time nor have they used theory to understand what factors may drive these changes. In this analysis of state-level data, we used longitudinal growth modeling and ecological theory to examine changes in homicide rate against children aged 0-9 years from 1979 to 2007. Our results indicate that states are relatively consistent, over time, in their homicide rates. Furthermore, a cultural context of criminal and risky behavior is positively associated with homicide against children. We discuss implications for future research and prevention.
KW - Child homicide
KW - Ecological theory
KW - Fatal victimization
KW - Longitudinal growth modeling
KW - State-level analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84929028281&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00085
DO - 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00085
M3 - Article
C2 - 25905126
AN - SCOPUS:84929028281
SN - 0886-6708
VL - 29
SP - 757
EP - 770
JO - Violence and Victims
JF - Violence and Victims
IS - 5
ER -