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Building Community Capacity for Violence Prevention

Case Western Reserve University

Claudia J. Coulton

Case Western Reserve University

Jill E. Korbin

Case Western Reserve University

The capacity of communities to prevent violence is examined fromthree perspectives: youth violence, child maltreatment, and intimate partner violence. The analysis suggests that community social control and collective efficacy are significant protective factors for all three types of violence, but these need to be further distinguished for their relationships to private, parochial, and state controls. It is argued that strong interpersonal ties are not the only contributor to collective efficacy and violence prevention. Weak ties, including those outside the community, and organizational ties are also seen as necessary. Violence prevention programs should be structured in ways that contribute to the communities’ own capacity to prevent violence.

Key Words: community • violence • prevention • child maltreatment • domestic violence

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 19, No. 3, 322-340 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260503261155


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