title: Mapping child maltreatment: looking at neighborhoods in a suburban county.
abstract: This study used administrative data, census data, and geographic information system (GIS) technology to map and analyze the rates and distribution of child physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect at the neighborhood level in a suburban jurisdiction. The results provide an example of how administrative data, census data, and GIS technology can give child protective services and community-based agencies a visual tool to help identify and target neighborhoods in which children may be at high risk for maltreatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Social Work, Hood College, Frederick, MD, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ernst
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D008377:Maps as Topic; D008396:Maryland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D017062:Small-Area Analysis; D012947:Social Work; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D012984:Software; D013383:Suburban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*