Re: father/stepfather sexual abuse

[Jim Hord <Jim@xxxxxxxx>]

The prevalence and seriousness of incestuous abuse: Stepfathers vs. biological fathers.
Diana Russell
Child Abuse & Neglect. 1984 Vol 8(1) 15-22

Interviews with 930 adult women indicated that 17% of the Ss who had had a stepfather as a
principal figure in her childhood years had been sexually abused by him, while the
comparable figure for biological fathers was 2%. In addition, stepfathers were more likely
than biological fathers to commit the most serious forms of sexual abuse.

Hope this is what you were looking for......
Jim Hord


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Kokish" <ron@delko.net>
To: "Child Maltreatment Researchers" <CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 1:32 PM
Subject: father/stepfather sexual abuse


> I have always believed that men are 3-4 times more likely to sexually abuse
> stepchildren than biological children.  However, when I wanted to assert
> that in a report yesterday, I found, much to my chagrin, that I could not
> come up with a good empirical source for that assertion.  Three hours of
> searching Govt. databases did not help.  The only potentially reliable thing
> I found was people quoting the famous Diana Russell study, but I couldn't
> locate the study itself online and did not have time to go to the local
> university library.
>
> Help will be appreciated..
>
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