Analysis of data on socioeconomic and demographic well-being in 77 Chicago (Illinois) community areas found a strong relationship between socioeconomic and demographic factors and child maltreatment rates. Pairing of socioeconomically similar areas with contrasting patterns of child maltreatment revealed greater social disorganization in high-risk…

This study explores the ecological correlates of child abuse and maltreatment using a model which focuses on the degree to which mothers are given support for the parent function. (BRT)

Presents the results of studies designed to illustrate the use of child maltreatment report data as social indicators of the quality of life for families. Focuses on the reported incidence of child abuse and neglect at two levels of neighborhood analysis within a single metropolitan county. (Author/JMB)

Identifies the socioeconomic, demographic, and attitudinal correlates of neighborhood differences in the rate of child abuse and neglect, by comparing families in a high risk and a low risk neighborhood matched for socioeconomic level. (CM)