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A Descriptive Study of Sexual Child Abuse in Texas

Validated reports of sexually abused children from 1975 through 1977 were examined. Considered were the victim's age, sex, ethnic group, type of abuse, living arrangement, and relationship to perpetrator. Basic sources of data were the Texas Department of Human Resources' CANRIS reports and the U.S. Bureau of the Census population estimates. Validated sexual abuse consistently ranked third in physical abuse type and more than doubled between 1975 and 1977. Victims' mean age decreased each year and most were eleven years or over. Most sexual child abuse victims in Texas were of the Anglo ethnic group, living in their own home, and victimized by a parent. More than 85 per cent were female. Further research was recommended.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663385
Date08 1900
CreatorsMitchell, Josephine G.
ContributorsLawhon, Tommie C. M., Cooper, Jed Arthur
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 66 leaves: ill., Text
CoverageUnited States - Texas, 1975-1977
RightsPublic, Mitchell, Josephine G., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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