Re: child abuse by parents' unrelated partners

[JOSHUA P MERSKY <jpmersky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lonnie Berger at UW-Madison has done some interesting work in this 
area.

See: Berger, L. (2004) Income, family structure, and child 
maltreatment risk. Children and Youth Services Review, 8, 725-748.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Linsk, Rick" <rlinsk@pioneerpress.com>
Date: Monday, July 31, 2006 2:09 pm
Subject: child abuse by parents' unrelated partners
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers <CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-
L@cornell.edu>

> Folks,
> 
> I am hoping someone can identify for me any researchers who have 
> lookedspecifically at the phenomenon of child abuse by parents' 
> unrelatedpartners, i.e. the mother's boyfriend, the father's 
> girlfriend and so on.
> Among other things, I'm hoping to find someone who can say whether 
> there has
> been an increase of this particular household model - a parent 
> with an
> unrelated live-in partner - over recent decades or generations.  
> 
> Thanks all.
> 
> Rick Linsk
> Reporter, Investigative Team
> St. Paul Pioneer Press
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> PS, I know about the Schnitzer/Ewigman study from Missouri last year.
>