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Child abuse and other risks of not living with both parents

Abstract

This study was undertaken to quantify various risks to children as a function of the identity of the person(s) in loco parentis. The household circumtances of children in Hamilton (a midsized Canadian city) were surveyed by telephone, and combined with information on child abuse victims, runaways, and juvenile offenders, to arrive at victimization rates according to age and household type.Both abuse and police apprehension were least likely for …

Authors

Daly M; Wilson M

Journal

Evolution and Human Behavior, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 197–210

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

January 1985

DOI

10.1016/0162-3095(85)90012-3

ISSN

1090-5138