Re: physical abuse in stepfamilies

[Michael Lamb <lambm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I'm attempting my query again:

Does anyone know of a recent source(s) that would provide information
on

the numbers/proportion of children physically abused by a stepparent
and

numbers/proportion of children living in stepfamilies who are
physically

abused by their biological parent?

I've been interested in this area for some time and other than a few

studies published late 80's/early 90's comparing sample proportions of

stepchildren physically abused to the estimated proportion of children

living in stepfamilies, little work has been done in this area.  It
appears

that there is no active tracking and reporting of children physically

abused by a stepparent or a parent while living in a stepfamily.  How
are

offenders categorized in local reports?  Are stepparents included in
the

"parent" category? Is household type (other than married or
single-parent)

recorded?

Any thoughts/information on this would be appreciated.

Francesca Adler

Francesca Adler-Baeder, Ph.D., CFLE

Extension Educator

Director, Family Life Education 

Cornell Cooperative Extension

15 Empsall Plaza

223 J.B. Wise Place

Watertown, NY  13601

phone:  315-788-8450

fax:  315-788-8461

amf24@cornell.edu

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GOOD QUESTIONS.   MOST RESEARCHERS CONFUSE HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION WITH
INFORMATION ABOUT PERPETRATORS.    WE ANALYZED A BIG DATA SET TO
ADDRESS THIS TOPIC SOME YEARS AGO; THE REFERENCE WAS:


<fontfamily><param>Geneva</param><bigger>Malkin, C. M., & Lamb, M. E. 
Child maltreatment: A test of sociobiological theory. 
<underline>Journal 	of Comparative Family Studies</underline>, 1994,
<underline>25</underline>, 121-134.


YOU MAY FIND THE ARTICLE HELPFUL.


MICHAEL LAMB 
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<bigger><bigger>Michael E. Lamb PhD

Head, Section on Social and Emotional Development

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

BSA Building--Room 331

9190 Rockville Pike  

Bethesda MD 20892  USA


Phone:  301-496-0420

Fax:    301-480-5775

E-mail: Michael_Lamb@nih.gov
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