Variables and Risk Factors Associated with Child Abuse in Daycare Settings

• NCJ Number: 178969
• Journal: Child Abuse & Neglect Volume: 23 Issue: 9 Dated: September 1999 Pages: 891-898
• Author(s): Ruth B. Schumacher; Rebecca S. Carlson
• Date Published: 1999
• Length: 8 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

This article identifies variables and risk factors associated with abuse of children in daycare centers.

Abstract

The article reviewed the literature regarding child abuse (physical [PA], sexual [SA] and ritual [RA]), with emphasis on identifying variables associated with victims, perpetrators and settings. PA most frequently occurred in the form of over discipline, was a response to prior conflict with the child and may have been inadvertently supported by parental permission for corporal punishment. Although SA occurred less frequently in centers than in homes, effects on the victim seemed worse in centers. SA often included PA. A Satanic overtone was frequently associated with RA, and RA coupled with SA was most devastating. Effects were not temporary. Males predominated in the perpetrator profile. Table, references