Although prior research has established a relationship between neighborhood structure and intimate partner violence (IPV), much of this literature focuses on serious IPV, despite the fact that less serious forms of IPV comprise the majority of IPV instances. Further, women are far more likely to experience all types of IPV victimization relative to men, especially simple assault, yet the relative importance of neighborhood structure across gradations of IPV and victim sex is relatively unexplored. We use data from Los Angeles, CA, and disaggregate IPV assaults across victim sex to examine whether neighborhood factors have differential effects on simple and aggravated IPV. We find differential effects of neighborhood structure by victim sex, especially for simple assault. Most notably, we find that neighborhood racial composition has significantly greater effects on females relative to male victims of simple IPV assault, while residential stability is protective of women more so than men. Only the percent of vacant or owner-occupied housing was specific to male simple IPV victimization. This suggests that neighborhood-based interventions should differ depending on the type of IPV being targeted.

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没那么简单：检查亲密伴侣攻击受害者的性别本质

尽管先前的研究已经确定了邻里结构与亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 之间的关系，但大部分文献都关注严重的 IPV，尽管事实上，大多数 IPV 实例都是不太严重的 IPV 形式。此外，相对于男性，女性更有可能经历各种类型的 IPV 受害，尤其是简单的攻击，但跨 IPV 等级和受害者性别的邻里结构的相对重要性相对而言尚未得到探索。我们使用来自加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的数据，并对不同性别的 IPV 攻击进行分类，以检验邻里因素是否对简单 IPV 和严重 IPV 具有不同影响。我们发现受害者性别对邻里结构的影响存在差异，尤其是对于简单的袭击。最值得注意的是，我们发现，相对于简单 IPV 攻击的男性受害者，社区种族构成对女性的影响明显更大，而居住稳定性对女性的保护作用大于男性。只有空置或自住住房的百分比是针对男性简单 IPV 受害者的。这表明基于社区的干预措施应根据目标 IPV 的类型而有所不同。