A Study of Child Abuse: Race Gender and Family Structure

Date of Award

Summer 1998

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Sociology & Criminal Justice

Program/Concentration

Applied Sociology

Committee Director

Judi Caron-Sheppard

Committee Member

James A. Nolan

Committee Member

Garland White

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.S62 F35

Abstract

Using 1989-1994 data collected from the Portsmouth Department of Social Services in Portsmouth, Virginia, this study looked at severity and recidivism of child abuse in Portsmouth from 1989-1994. Analyses of data from the Portsmouth Department of Social Services indicated that children living in single parent families are more likely to be severely abused than children living in two parent families but no differences were observed for race and age.

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DOI

10.25777/c9ke-xq84

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