The Relative Influence of Family and Neighborhood Factors on Child Maltreatment at Critical Stages of Child Development by Kathryn Maguire-Jack, Susan Yoon, Yujeong Chang, Sunghyun Hong

“…Economic hardship, maternal substance use, intimate partner violence, and exposure to community violence are found to be related to child abuse risk regardless of developmental stage, while maternal depression and neighborhood informal social control are found to have impacts only within certain child development stages. Findings suggest the need for early intervention and prevention strategies that specifically target economic hardship, poverty, intimate partner violence, and exposure to community violence.…”
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