CHILD ABUSE HOMICIDE INFLICTED BY A CHILD'S CARETAKER: A POTENTIALLY PREVENTABLE TYPE OF CHILD MURDER

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorSimpson, Sally Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorRezey, Maribeth Lorraineen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-06T06:46:34Z
dc.date.available2009-10-06T06:46:34Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractChild abuse inflicted by caretakers has been reported the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children. Although researchers have attempted to estimate the rate of child abuse homicide nationwide, its true scope is unknown. Quantifying child abuse homicide is important since this type of homicide is arguably preventable. This study utilizes the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) to analyze child abuse homicides inflicted by the child's caretaker across 17 U.S. states during the years they participated from 2003 to 2005. The NVDRS reports violent death data from multiple official sources, providing this analysis with a more accurate number of child abuse homicides than previously available. In this thesis, I established if the NVDRS ascertains more abuse or non-abuse homicides than death certificates. I reviewed ascertained and misclassified deaths to assess whether a common set of victim or incident characteristics exist across these homicides. A logistic regression was also conducted to examine the probability of child abuse homicide given these characteristics.en_US
dc.format.extent292369 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/9671
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHealth Sciences, Public Healthen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSociology, Public and Social Welfareen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledascertainment studyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledchild abuseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledchild homicideen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhomicideen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNVDRSen_US
dc.titleCHILD ABUSE HOMICIDE INFLICTED BY A CHILD'S CARETAKER: A POTENTIALLY PREVENTABLE TYPE OF CHILD MURDERen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Rezey_umd_0117N_10746.pdf
Size:
285.52 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

UMD Theses and Dissertations
Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses and Dissertations