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Factors Contributing to Victim Employment, Victim Income Status, and Intimate Partner Violence in Jamaica
| Title: | Factors Contributing to Victim Employment, Victim Income Status, and Intimate Partner Violence in Jamaica. |
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| Name(s): |
Fraser, Marsha, Author Wan, Thomas, Committee Chair Yegidis, Bonnie, Committee Member Dziegielewski, Sophia, Committee Member Ross, Lee, Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2019 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Using 166 IPV police reports in Jamaica, this mixed-methods study (a) explored the utility of routine activities theory and control balance theory for explaining the relationship between victim employment and IPV; (b) explored risk factors for IPV; and (c) examined the relationships between victim employment and victim income status with IPV murder and IPV severity in the Jamaica. Content analysis of the narratives of the police reports supported both theories suggesting an integration of the two theories may be most fitting. Estrangement and infidelity emerged as bold themes. Infidelity was identified as an additional risk factor in the Jamaican context. Quantitative analysis revealed that employed victims and victims with income were significantly older than their counterparts. Being unemployed and having no income were associated with being female. Male victims were 4.98 times more likely to be employed and 7.30 times more likely to have income than female victims. Older victims were 2.36 times more likely to have income than younger victims. Victim employment and victim income status failed to predict the odds of IPV murder or to impact the level of IPV severity. However, the offender's weapon emerged as a salient predictor. When an offender used a sharp weapon or a gun, the odds of the victim being murdered was 4.77 greater and .71 greater respectively than if no such weapon was used. Using a sharp weapon magnified the IPV severity (B = 1.20) while using a gun reduced the IPV severity (B = .78). This study is useful for informing public policies addressing IPV in Jamaica. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0007632 (IID), ucf:52495 (fedora) | |
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2019-08-01 Ph.D. Community Innovation and Education, Dean's Office CCIE Doctoral This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | domestic violence -- intimate partner violence -- Jamaica -- police -- sexual violence -- gender inequity -- employment -- income -- control balance theory -- routine activities theory -- infidelity | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007632 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public 2019-08-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
