Date of Award
2003
Degree Name
Sociology
College
College of Liberal Arts
Type of Degree
M.A.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Karen Li Simpkins
Second Advisor
Julia Fox
Third Advisor
Richard Garnett
Abstract
The purpose of this exploratory concurrent mixed methods study is to better understand the community context of domestic batterer intervention systems (Gondolf, 2002) by converging demographic trends in crime and arrest, family income, and marriage and divorce rates with community status indicators and marital conflict themes. In the study, county-level Uniform Crime Reports data, US Census data, and Vital Statistics data will be used to analyze community differences in social context and patterns of domestic violence in Cabell County, WV and Lawrence County, OH. At the same time, the local domestic batterer intervention system in Cabell County, WV, will be explored using ethnographic interviews, qualitative content analysis, and participant observation with individuals and organizations in Cabell County and at the state level in order to begin building a grounded theory of community violence.
Subject
Family violence - Cabell County (W. Va.)
Subject
Family violence - Lawrence County (Ohio)
Recommended Citation
Bills, George F., "Am I My Neighbor's Keeper : Toward a Community-Based Model of Local Violence" (2003). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 41.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/41
