RE: child abuse by parents' unrelated partners

["\""Sierra-Jönsson, Ana PhD (DSHS/HRSA/CSTC)"\"@" <SierrAM@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In St. Paul you have an excellent source of information about child abuse. I
would recommend that you contact Midwest Children's Resource Center
(651-220-6750), a regional child abuse specialty service serving the upper
Midwest and part of the children's hospital. Ask for Dr. Carolyn Levitt,
Medical Director (and very well respected pediatrician throughout the
country) and Dr. Vicki Naushultz, a child psychologist who has worked in
this field for about 20 years or more. 

Good luck! 


Ana M. Sierra-Jönsson, Ph.D.
Program Director/Child & Family Psychologist
Child Study & Treatment Center
8805 Steilacoom Blvd. SW
Lakewood, WA 98498-4771
253-756-2752

"A child is the root of the heart." - Carolina Maria de Jesus


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
[mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu] On Behalf Of JOSHUA
P MERSKY
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 12:48 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Cc: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Re: child abuse by parents' unrelated partners

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
> 345 Cedar St.
> St. Paul, MN 55101
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> PS, I know about the Schnitzer/Ewigman study from Missouri last year.
>