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Chapter 6 Perpetrators A perpetrator of child abuse and/or neglect is a person who has
maltreated a child while in a caretaking relationship to the child.
Although the majority of perpetrators are parents, other persons in
caretaking rolesfor example, other household members, other
relatives, day care providers, and residential facility
staffmay also be considered perpetrators of
maltreatment. |
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6.1 Characteristics of Perpetrators
Figure 6-1 shows that for the States that
submitted case-level data, about three-fourths (73.1%) of
substantiated or indicated reports identified only one perpetrator,
regardless of the number of maltreatment victims. Almost half
(49.6%) of the reports had only one perpetrator and one
victim. 6.2 Relationships of Perpetrators to Child Victims As displayed in figure 6-3, more than
four-fifths (87.1%) of victims were maltreated by one or both
parents. The most common pattern of maltreatment was a child
neglected by a female parent with no other perpetrators having been
identified (44.7%). This pattern may be influenced by the fact that
female parents are more likely to have primary caretaking
responsibilities, especially in single-parent households. |