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Child Abuse Perpetrators
- There is no ''typical'' child abuser.
- May be male or female -Data from 21 states indicate that 61.8% of perpetrators were female.
- The majority of instances of child abuse are committed by someone who knows the child.
- In 87.3% of cases at least one parent was identified as the perpetrator. In 17.7% of cases both parents were identified as perpetrators.
- Mothers acting alone were most often identified as perpetrators of neglect and physical abuse.
- Fathers acting alone were identified as perpetrators of sexual abuse at the highest percentage.
- Together, substitute care providers and family relatives were only identified as 5.4% of cases.
- May be young or old-In 1999 the highest percent of perpetrators fell between the ages of 30-39.
- May be of any ethnicity or nationality.
- May be a former victim of abuse or neglect.
(Statistics from National Child Abuse and Neglect Data Systems, 1999)
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