Abstract
During the last two decades of the 20th century, the number of children reported abused or neglected has risen steadily. Nearly 3 million children were involved in maltreatment reports in 1993 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1995). Demographic data indicate that the likelihood of victimization is not equal for all children. The child victims of maltreatment are disproportionately young and from low-income households (Wolfner & Gelles, 1993). Fifty-one percent of the children reported abused or neglected in 1993 were 7 years old or younger, and almost one-third were between the ages of 3 and 7 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1995). Repeatedly, national incidence studies have indicated a strong relationship between low-income levels and a higher-than-average risk of child maltreatment (Pelton, 1994).
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Fantuzzo, J., Weiss, A.D., Coolahan, K.C. (1998). Community-Based Partnership-Directed Research. In: Lutzker, J.R. (eds) Handbook of Child Abuse Research and Treatment. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2909-2_9
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