dc.contributor.author	McFarlane, Andrew J.
dc.coverage.spatial	United States	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	1980-2017	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2017-05-12T15:09:53Z
dc.date.available	2017-05-12T15:09:53Z
dc.date.issued	2017-05
dc.identifier.citation	McFarlane, Andrew J., "A Study of the Relationship Between Unemployment, Intimate Partner Violence, and Child Maltreatment in the United States," Ph.D. dissertation, Valdosta State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10428/2814
dc.identifier.other	52F9348D-DBD3-73B8-4A27-BB9923147BE2	UUID
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10428/2814
dc.description.abstract	Criminal justice and social policy processes in the United States have suffered from poor analysis of the problems underlying proposed policies. At times, social issues such as the stability and support of families and unemployment interact with criminal justice issues such as intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment (CM). This juncture requires a careful and thorough evaluation of the interrelated problems at the outset of the policy process so as not to derail its success. This study seeks to inform the initial phase of the policy process by evaluating the concepts of unemployment, IPV, and CM and their relationships. These concepts have large effects on the economic and social aspects of society in the United States and the world. This study hypothesized that fluctuations in the unemployment rate in the United States were positively correlated, to a significant degree, with occurrences of IPV and CM. This study did not, however, seek to portray or establish unemployment as the singular trigger for IPV and/or CM. Rather, it identified and attempted to focus on unemployment as one of several, if not many, possible triggers for IPV and CM. For context, this study identified and discussed some other suspected triggers for IPV and CM, such as alcoholism, prior victimization, and psychopathy. The unemployment rate from 1980 to 2012, inclusive, was compared to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR) record for arrests for offenses against families and children for the same period. The unemployment rate was also independently compared to the National Crime Victimization Survey’s (NCVS) record of victimizations related to people arrested for offenses against families and children. The UCR data identified the number of arrests for non-violent offenses on a monthly basis, which allowed for an in-depth analysis of unemployment spikes that occurred within the study period. The NCVS data provided annual information that included violent victimizations as well as distinctions in ages of the victims, which allowed for a more relevant analysis of CM. Combined, analysis of these variables provided a clearer understanding of the relationship or absence of a relationship between unemployment and IPV/CM.	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	Chapter I: INTRODUCTION 1 \| Overview 1 \| Importance 1 \| Costs of IPV and CM 2 \| Costs Beyond Dollars 3 \| Measurements 5 \| Summary 7 \| Chapter II: LITERATURE REVIEW 9 \| Overview 9 \| Theoretical Relationship 10 \| General Strain Theory and Frustration-Aggression Theory 11 \| Resource Theory 13 \| Social Control Theory 14 \| Psychopathy 15 \| Child Maltreatment (CM) and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) 19 \| CM 19 \| IPV 27 \| Employment/Unemployment 30 \| High Unemployment 31 \| Summary 35 \| Hypotheses 36 \| Chapter III: METHODOLOGY 39 \| Study Description 39 \| Instruments/Measures 40 \| Unemployment Rate 40 \| FBI UCR Data 41 \| NCVS Data 42 \| Statistical Analysis 43 \| Study Limitations 46 \| Chapter IV: RESULTS 48 \| Overview 48 \| Unemployment Rate and Total Arrests for offenses against Families and Children in the UCR 51 \| Unemployment Spikes and Arrests for Offenses Against Families and Children in the UCR 53 \| Total Victimizations Recorded from the NCVS and the Unemployment Rate 60 \| Unemployment Rate and Over 18 Years of Age Victimizations 62 \| Unemployment Rate and Under 18 Years of Age Victimizations 64 \| Summary 65 \| Hypothesis Analysis 67 \| Chapter V: DISCUSSION 70 \| Overview 70 \| Long-Term Trends 72 \| Spikes in Unemployment 73 \| Spike One 73 \| Spike Two 74 \| Spike Three 75 \| Spike Four 76 \| Over 18 Years of Age Victimizations (IPV) 78 \| Under 18 Years of Age Victimizations (CM) 78 \| Relationship to Other Studies 79 \| Recommendations for Future Research 81 \| Public Policy Perspective 82 \| Conclusion 83 \| REFERENCES 86 \| APPENDIX A: Institutional Review Board (IRB) Protocol Exemption Report 96 \|	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Unemployment	en_US
dc.subject	Child abuse	en_US
dc.subject	Intimate Partner Violence	en_US
dc.subject	Arrests	en_US
dc.subject	National Crime Victimization Survey	en_US
dc.subject	Victims of crimes	en_US
dc.title	A Study of the Relationship Between Unemployment, Intimate Partner Violence, and Child Maltreatment in the United States	en_US
dc.type	Dissertation	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department Of Political Science In The College Of Arts And Sciences	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Ross, Darrel R.
dc.description.committee	Yehl, Robert
dc.description.committee	Allen, Jennifer
dc.description.degree	D. PA.	en_US
dc.description.major	Public Administration	en_US