Re: Male vs Female Abuse towards children

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the situyation may be different when it comes to child abuse fatalities. 
See Levine, M., Compaan, C, & Freeman, J. (1994). Maltreatment-related
fatalities:On 	ssues of policy and prevention.  Law & Policy, 16(4),
449-471.  these data are based on a review of the reports of fatality
review teams. Murray Levine
Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Joseph A Vorrasi wrote:

> 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: 
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> Straus, M. A., & Gelles, R. J. (Eds.). (1990). <underline>Physical
> violence in American families: Risk factors and adaptations to violence
> in 8,145 families</underline>. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.      
> 
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> 
> Joe Vorrasi
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> 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.
> 
> >
> 
> >Thank you very much- Jeannine
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