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Alcohol outlets and child maltreatment
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Alcohol outlets and child maltreatment
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moderating effect of accessibility to community prevention and treatment resources
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Morton
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Cory Michael
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1978-
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Cory Morton
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author
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Peterson
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N. Andrew
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N. Andrew Peterson
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Advisory Committee
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chair
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Edwards
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Richard L.
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Richard L. Edwards
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internal member
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Mayers
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Raymond Sanchez
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Raymond Sanchez Mayers
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Advisory Committee
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internal member
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Simmel
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Cassandra
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Cassandra Simmel
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Advisory Committee
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internal member
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Coulton
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Claudia J.
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Claudia J. Coulton
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Advisory Committee
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outside member
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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theses
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2012
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2012-10
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xx
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eng
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This study considered the unique impact neighborhoods have in influencing rates of child maltreatment and a specific primary prevention strategy that may be identified in the built environment. Over the past 30 years, researchers have identified specific elements of a neighborhood’s structure that impact child maltreatment. The emphasis of these studies has been the identification of socioeconomic risk factors that are associated with higher rates of child maltreatment in communities. More recently, there has been growing recognition that the distribution of alcohol outlets is related to child maltreatment. Researchers have shown that those areas with higher density of alcohol outlets also tend to have corresponding higher rates of child maltreatment. No study to date, however, has tested the effects of protective factors that might attenuate the negative influence of socioeconomics and alcohol outlet density on child maltreatment rates. Recognizing that substance abuse has long been a major contributor to all forms of child maltreatment, this study extends prior research by testing both risk and protective features of neighborhoods’ built environments that may be either risk or protective factors for child maltreatment. This study contributes to the literature by testing the moderating effect of one potential protective factor, the density of substance abuse prevention and treatment facilities in a community, on the relationship between alcohol outlet density and rates of child maltreatment. Using a cross-sectional design, the study utilized data from the New Jersey Department of Children and Families’ Bergen County child maltreatment reports, New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control listing of alcohol-selling retailers, New Jersey Division of Addiction Services listing of licensed substance abuse providers, Bergen County Center for Alcohol and Drug Resources’ listing of substance abuse prevention and treatment facilities, and the United States Census. Findings indicate child maltreatment rates are higher in impoverished and unstable neighborhoods and those with greater alcohol outlet density. Additionally, neighborhoods with easily accessed substance abuse prevention and treatment facilities had lower rates of child maltreatment. The study findings highlight the relevance of applying primary prevention approaches and multi-sector collaboration to reduce child maltreatment.
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child maltreatment
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Social Work
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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ix, 124 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Cory Michael Morton
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Child abuse
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Liquor stores--Social aspects
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Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10001600001.ETD.000066922
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3XS5T5G
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Morton
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Cory
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2012-06-18 11:40:47
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Cory Morton
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Rutgers University. Graduate School - New Brunswick
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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