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
Recommended Citation
Faircloth, Linda W..
"A Study of Child Abuse: Race Gender and Family Structure"
(1998). Master of Arts (MA), Thesis, Sociology & Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/c9ke-xq84
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/sociology_criminaljustice_etds/194
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