Re: Male vs Female Abuse towards children

[Joseph A Vorrasi <jav9@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeannine,

National surveys indicate that, relative to fathers, mothers use more physical aggression against children. This trend can be partially explained by the simple fact that, on average, mothers have a greater *opportunity* to abuse their children, given the propensity for children to spend more time with their mothers than with their fathers. The statistics you seek, along with a discussion of them, can be found in the following book:

Straus, M. A., & Gelles, R. J. (Eds.). (1990). Physical violence in American families: Risk factors and adaptations to violence in 8,145 families. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.

Good luck,

Joe Vorrasi


At 11:23 AM 12/5/00 -0500, jeannine turchiano wrote:
>In all of the research I have been doing I cannot find any statistics on who does more of the child abusing in the US is it women or men?? Do you have any stats of perhaps you can direct me to a website that would have this information.
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>Thank you very much- Jeannine
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