Neighborhoods, Communities and Child Maltreatment

​Kathryn Maguire-Jack, PhD, MSW, MPA is Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan. Her body of research focuses on understanding child maltreatment prevention through the lens of neighborhood and community contexts.  She has expertise in advanced statistical methods, program evaluation, and policy research.  She is a Doris Duke Fellow for the Promotion of Child Well-Being and a Kempe-Haruv Fellow.  Dr. Maguire-Jack is committed to conducting research that improves the lives of children. Carmit Katz, PhD, is an associate professor at the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel Aviv University and the Director of Research of Haruv Institute. Dr Katz’s studies focus on child maltreatment. Dr Katz is the founder and director of the Israeli Independent Public Inquiry on Child Maltreatment, which spotlights transitional justice through changing policies.  During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Katz initiated the International Group of Scholars Protecting Children from Maltreatment During COVID-19, with ISPCAN support. Dr Katz is an Associate Editor of Child Abuse and Neglect and the Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Child Maltreatment.

• Chapter 1. Introduction (Kathryn Maguire-Jack, Carmit Katz).- Chapter 2. Methods for Studying Neighborhoods (Miriam Marco, Enrique Gracia, Kathryn Maguire-Jack).- Chapter 3. Changing Neighborhoods (Adam Perzynski, Claudia Coulton, Kristen Berg).- Chapter 4: Culture and Context in Understanding Child Maltreatment: A Community-Based Approach (Yochay Nadan).- Chapter 5. Structural Characteristics (Paul Bywaters).- Chapter 6. Process Factors (Cliff Emery).- Chapter 7. Applications to Rural Areas (Kathryn Maguire-Jack, Jill Korbin, Jim Spilsbury).- Chapter 8. Neighborhood Interventions Intended to Prevent Maltreatment (Daphna Gross Manos, Ayala Cohen).- Chapter 9. Neighborhood Connections in Times of Social Isolation (Carmit Katz).- Chapter 10. Neighborhood Interventions for Other Purposes that may Influence Maltreatment (Ilan Katz).- Chapter 11. Looking to the Future: (Kathryn Maguire-Jack, Carmit Katz).