Is Child Abuse Increasing? : Evidence from the National Family Violence Resurvey / Murray A. Straus and Richard J. Gelles.

This study compared the rate of physical abuse of children from a 1975 study with the rates from a 1985 replication study. Both studies used nationally representative samples (2,143 families in 1975 and 3,520 families in 1985), and both found an extremely high incidence of physical assaults against...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Straus, Murray A. (Murray Arnold), 1926-
Gelles, Richard J. (Author)
Corporate Author: New Hampshire Univ., Durham. Family Research Lab
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987.
Subjects:
Child Abuse.
Comparative Analysis.
Family Violence.
National Surveys.
Research Methodology.
Social Change.
Social Influences.
Trend Analysis.
Reports, Research.
Genre:
Reports, Research.
Physical Description:20 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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