Allen: Do the statistics cited on children killed by parents distinguish between biological parents and step-parents?
Allen, This is what the Executive Summary of the National Incidence Study-3 has to say about perpetrator/child relationships: "Perpetrator's Relationship to the Child. The majority of all children countable under the Harm Standard (78%) were maltreated by their birth parents, and this held true both for children who were abused (62% were maltreated by birth parents) and for those who were neglected (91% experienced neglect by birth parents). Birth parents were the most closely related perpetrators for 72 percent of the physically abused children and for 81 percent of the emotionally abused children. The pattern was distinctly different for sexual abuse. Nearly one-half of the sexually abused children were sexually abused by someone other than a parent or parent-substitute, while just over one-fourth were sexually abused by a birth parent, and one-fourth were sexually abused by other than a birth parent or parent-substitute. In addition, a sexually abused child was most likely to sustain a serious injury or impairment when a birth parent was the perpetrator." (from http://www.calib.com/nccanch/pubs/statinfo/nis3.cfm#perpetrator) I will second Dave's recommendation of the NCCAN Clearinghouse (incidentally, my former employer) for abuse and neglect info. They have a ton of stuff on=line at http://www.calib.com/nccanch/ and even more available in-print, much of it free, by calling. For anyone in the DC area, they have a library of almost anything ever written about abuse and neglect. You can't check anything out, but the info. specialists will locate the materials on the shelves, bring it to you, and even copy it for you. (You can search their library catalog at their website for more info on this topic, Allen.) Marcia Marcia McKinley Assistant Professor, Psychology Mount St. Mary's College Emmitsburg, MD
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