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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This was an interesting link.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The overall stats are a little misleading
because neglect is a huge component.&nbsp; Factoring out neglect in Table 5-4, and
rotating the data, unmarried partners are responsible for 6% physical abuse, 7%
sexual abuse, 8% emotional abuse.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It would be interesting to look at rates
per population, and trends over time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Educating Successful Parents<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>www.eduparents.org</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> owner-<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu</st1:PersonName>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>DeanTong@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, July 31, 2006 3:46
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Child Maltreatment Researchers<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> rlinsk@pioneerpress.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: child abuse by
parents' unrelated partners</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>According to <a
href="http://www.childwelfare.gov/can/perpetrators/characteristics.cfm";>http://www.childwelfare.gov/can/perpetrators/characteristics.cfm</a>&nbsp;unmarried
partners of parents accounted for 4.1% of abuses.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In a message dated 7/31/2006 2:28:57 P.M.
Eastern Daylight Time, rlinsk@pioneerpress.com writes:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I am hoping someone can identify for me
any researchers who have looked specifically at the phenomenon of child abuse
by parents' unrelated partners, i.e. the mother's boyfriend, the father's
girlfriend and so on.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial FAMILY=SANSSERIF
PTSIZE=10><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Dean
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